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פְּרַס pᵉraç — to split up

pronounced per-as' · Strong's H6537 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'il

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. (KJV)

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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