פָּרָה

vb. bear fruit, be fruitful (NH = BH 1, פְּרִי = BH; Ph. פר fruit; Ethiopic ፈርየ: ፈረየ: blossom, bear fruit; Assyrian pirʾu, posterity; cf. also 𝔗 פֵּירָא, Syriac ܦܶܐܪܳܐ fruit, and BaZMG xii (1887), 604);— Pf. 3 pl. פָּרוּ Ex 1:7; 1 pl. consec. וּפָרִינוּ Gn 26:22, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרֶה Is 11:1, etc.; Imv. ms. פְּרֵה Gn 35:11, mpl. פְּרוּ 1:22 +; Pt. act. פֹּרֶה Dt 29:17, f. פֹּרִיָּה Ez 19:10 Is 17:6, פֹּרָת (Ges§ 80 g; for *פֹּרַיַת LagBN 81) Gn 49:22(×2);— of men and animals, Ex 23:30 (E) Gn 26:22 (J); especially + רבה Je 3:16; 23:3 Ez 36:11; Gn 35:11; 47:27 (P), and שָׁרַץ (P) Gn 8:17; 9:7; Ex 1:7, פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ וגו׳ Gn 1:22, 28; 9:1. of vine, גֶּפֶן פֹּרִיָּה Is 32:12 fruitful vine, so ψ 128:3 (sim. of wife); cf. (in fig. of Isr.) Ez 19:10; in Mess. prediction Is 11:1 a shoot from his [Jesse’s] roots shall bear fruit; c. acc. שֹׁרֶשׁ פ׳ רֹאשׁ fig., Dt 29:17 a root bearing gall (as its fruit); יִפְרוּ יֶשַׁע Is 45:8 is dub., read perhaps 3 fs. תֵּפֶר let earth be fruitful in salvation (Oort al.); Pt. f., as subst., הַפֹּרִיָּה the fruit-bearer, poet. for tree, Is 17:6 (cf. [סָעִיף] 2); so בֵּן פֹּרָת Gn 49:22(×2) Joseph is son of a fruit-bearer, i.e. a fruitful bough. 1. cause to bear fruit, 2. make fruitful, subj. י׳, c. acc. of man or people: Pf. 3 ms. sf. הִפְרַנִי Gn 41:52 (E). in P, וְהִפְרֵתִ֫י Gn 17:6, 20 (-רֵיתֵ֫י), + הִרְבָּה Lv 26:9 (H); Impf. 3 ms. juss. יַפְרְךָ וְיַרְבְּךָ Gn 28:3, וַיֶּפֶר ψ 105:24; Pt. הִנְנִי מַפְרְךָ וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ Gn 48:4 shew fruitfulness, bear fruit (Ges§ 53 c, d, g): Impf. 3 ms. יַפְרִיא Ho 13:15 (as if from פרא).