פָּרַד

vb. divide (NH id., divide, separate; so Syriac in der. spec. and deriv.; Arabic فَرَدَ be single, sole, also (Dozy) unfold, unroll);— Pt. pass. fpl. פְּרֻדוֹת Ez 1:11 divided, i.e. spread, of wings. Pf. 3 pl. נִפְרְדוּ Gn 10:5, 32, נִפְרָ֑דוּ 2 S 1:23; Impf. יִפָּרֵד Gn 2:10; Pr 19:4, etc.; Imv. ms. הִפָּ֫רֶד נָא Gn 13:9; Inf. cstr. הִפָּֽרֶד־לוֹט v 14; Pt. נִפְרָד Ju 4:11; Pr 18:1, נִפְרָדִים Ne 4:13;— divide, separate (intrans.), Gn 2:10 (of river, dividing into branches); of one man separating from another, c. מֵעַל 13:9, 11, מֵעִם v 14 (all J), from others, מִן Ju 4:11; recipr. Gn 25:23 (J; of sons of Rebekah representing nations, c. מִמֵּעַיִךְ in constr. praegn. [Ges§ 119 ff], i.e. divided (hostile) from birth); abs. Pr 18:1; of peoples separating from (מִן) parent stock 10:5, 32 (P). be divided, separated, 2 S 1:23; Ne 4:13; of loss of friendship Pr 19:4. Impf. 3 ms. רְפָרֵ֑דוּ Ho 4:14 make a separation, i.e. go apart (in company with [עִם] harlots, cf. RSSem. i, 436, 2nd ed. 455). Pt. divided, עַם … מְפֻוָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים Est 3:8. Pf. 3 ms. הִפְרִיד Gn 30:40; Impf. יַפְרִיד Ru 1:17; Pr 18:18, 3 mpl. וַיַּפְרִדוּ 2 K 2:11; Inf. cstr. sf. בְּהַפְרִידוֹ Dt 32:8; Pt. מַפְרִיד Pr 16:28; 17:9;— divide, separate Gn 30:40 (JE) Dt 32:8, of separating friends Pr 16:28; 17:9. make a division, separation, between (בֵּין), 2 K 2:11; Ru 1:17; of parting disputants (c. בֵּין) Pr 18:18. Pf. 3 pl. וְהִתְפָּֽרְדוּ ψ 22:15; Impf. יִתְפָּֽרְדוּ 92:10, -רָ֑דוּ Jb 4:11; 41:9;—be divided, separated, from each other; of scales of crocodile (c. neg.) Jb 41:9, of bones, = be loosened at the joint, ψ 22:15 (fig. of helplessness); = be dispersed Jb 4:11 ψ 92:10.