[פָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic פְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHMEpigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); — Perfect 3 masculine singular הֵפֵר [Isa 33:8] +, הֵפַ֑ר [Gen 17:14]; [Num 15:31] also metaplastic from הֵפִיר [Ezek 17:19]; [Ps 33:10] (Ges«GKC:67v»§ 67v); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה [2Sam 15:34], etc., Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָפֵר [Num 30:13] +, וַיָּפֶר [Neh 4:9], etc.; also 1 singular אָפִיר [Ps 89:34] (Gesi.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר [2Chr 16:3]; [Ps 85:5], הָפֵרָה [1Kgs 15:19] Infinitive absolute הָפֵר [Prov 15:22] +; construct לְהָפֵר [2Sam 17:14] +, לְהָפֵיר [Zech 11:10], suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם [Lev 26:15] (Ges«GKC:67dd»§ 67dd); Participle מֵפֵר [Isa 44:25]; [Job 5:12] —
1. break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:
\ \ a. of ׳י [Judg 2:1]; [Jer 14:21]; [Lev 26:44]; [Zech 11:10].
\ \ b. of men violating covenant with ׳י [Jer 11:10]; [Jer 31:32]; [Deut 31:16]; [Deut 31:20]; [Lev 26:15]; [Ezek 44:7]; [Gen 17:14]; [Isa 24:5] compare [Jer 33:20].
\ \ c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), [Isa 33:8]; [1Kgs 15:19] = [2Chr 16:3]; [Ezek 17:15]; [Ezek 17:16]; [Ezek 17:18]; [Ezek 17:19].
\ \ d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel [Zech 11:14].
\ \ e. of breaking ׳י's מִצְוָה [Num 15:31]; [Ezra 9:14], תּוֺרָה [Ps 119:126].
2. frustrate, make ineffectual::
\ \ a. counsel (עֵצָה) [2Sam 15:34]; [2Sam 17:14]; [Ezra 4:5] ׳י subject [Neh 4:9]; [Ps 33:10] of man frustrating ׳י's counsel [Isa 14:27], so, with accusative מִשְׁפָּט [Job 40:8] with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in general, of men [Prov 15:22], ׳י subject [Job 15:12] so, with accusative אֹתוֺת [Isa 44:25].
\ \ b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it [Num 30:9]; [Num 30:14] (opposed to חֵקִים), v.[Num 30:13], also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) v.[Num 30:13]; [Num 30:16].
\ \ c. of annulling (godly) fear [Job 15:4] חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ, [Ps 89:34] read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ [Ps 85:4] (read הָסֵר ᵐ5 Bi Che).
\ \ d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה [Eccl 12:5] is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (PostFlora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-DyerEncy. Bid. 696.): PostLetter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFMJBL x (1891), 60); PerlesAnal. 30 וְתִפְרַח. Hoph`al Imperfect
1. be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר [Isa 8:10] (of עֵצָה).
2. be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר [Jer 33:21] וִתֻּפַר [Zech 11:11] so [Isa 28:18] (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻפַּר, see ׳כ). Pilpel Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי [Job 16:12] he hath shattered me.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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