פְּרַס pᵉraç — to split up
Translated in the KJV as divide, pharsin.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6536; to split up.
pᵉraç in each stem
Pe'il
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
פְּרִיסַת֙ Dan 5:28 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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 ›
