פָּרָשׁ pârâsh — to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify)
Translated in the KJV as scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.
a primitive root; to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound.
pârâsh in each stem
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (passive) 1
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 1
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Niph'al
Participle (passive) 1
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›