פָּרַשׂ

vb. spread out, spread (NH id.; Arabic فَرَشَ; 𝔗 פְּרַס (rare), Syriac ܦܪܰܣ; cf. Assyrian parašu, fly (der. spec.; proposes spread [wings]); v. also NöZA i. 417);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ La 1:10 +; 2 ms. וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫ Jb 11:13; Ru 3:9, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרשֹׁ Dt 32:11 +; 3 fs. וַתִּפְרשֹׁ 2 S 17:19, etc.; Pt. act. פּוֹרֵשׂ Pr 29:5, etc.; pass. פָּרֻשׂ Jo 2:2; fs. פְּרוּשָׂה Ho 5:1; pl. פְּרֻשׂוֹת 1 K 8:54;— spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה) Ju 8:25, + לִפְנֵי pers. Dt 22:17;—wings 32:11; 1 K 6:27 (read כַּנְפֵיהֶם 𝔊 Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַל Je 49:22 (fig.), + אֶל 48:40 1 K 8:7 = 2 Ch 5:8 (עַל), + ל Jb 39:26, לְמַעְלָה Ex 25:20; 37:9; wings om. 1 Ch 28:18 and perhaps 2 Ch 3:13 (del. כַּנְפֵי Be); of י׳, פ׳ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ Jb 36:30; spread out writing, לִפְנֵי pers. 2 K 19:14 = Is 37:14, Ez 2:10; sail Is 33:23; fishing-net, מִכְמֶרֶת Is 19:8 (עַל loc.); net (רֶשֶׁת) as snare, fig. Ho 5:1 (עַל loc.), ψ 140:6, לְרַגְלַי La 1:13, c. עַל pers. Ho 7:12 (of י׳), Ez 12:13 = 17:20, 19:8; 32:3, עַל־פְּעָמָיו Pr 29:5; פ׳ כַּפַּיִם in prayer, + אֶל Ex 9:29,33 (J), 1 K 8:38 = 2 Ch 6:29, Ezr 9:5; Jb 11:13, + ל ψ 44:21, + הַשָּׁמַיִם 1 K 8:22 = 2 Ch 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה), 1 K 8:54, no complem. 2 Ch 6:12; of almsgiving, כַּפָּהּ פָּֽרְשָׂה לֶעָנִי Pr 31:20; פ׳ יַד, c. עַל rei, La 1:10 of enemy’s greed (si vera l., v. Bu); spread out = display וּכְסִיל יִפְרשֹׁ אִוֶּלֶת Pr 13:16. spread covering over 2 S 17:19 (מָסָךְ + עַל־פְּנֵי rei), הַמַּכְבֵּר over (עַל) face of another 2 K 8:15, כָּנָף skirt, עַל pers. Ru 3:9 Ez 16:8 (fig. of י׳); בֶּגֶד c. עַל rei Nu 4:7,8,11,13, c. מִלְמָ֑עְלָה v 6; כְּסוּי c. עַל rei v 14; אֶת־הָאֹהֶל, c. עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן Ex 40:19; שַׁחַר פָּרֻשׂ עַל־הֶהָרִים Jo 2:2; of י׳, פ׳ עָנָן לְמָסָךְ ψ 105:39.—Mi 3:3 La 4:4 v. פָּרַס. Impf. 3 mpl. יִכָרְ֑שׂזּ Ez 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָל־רוּחַ; 34:12 read prob. Pt. צֹאן נִפְרָשׂוֹת (for -שׂוֹת, Hä Krae; on emend. of context v. especially Toy Krae). Pf. 3 ms. consec. וּפֵרַשׂ Is 25:11, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְפָרֵשׂ v 11, 3 fs. תְּפָרֵשׂ Je 4:31; Inf. cstr. פָּרֵשׂ ψ 68:15, sf. פָּרִשְׂכֶם Is 1:15;— spread out: c. acc. כַּפַּיִם in prayer Is 1:15; Je 4:31, so c. יָדַיִם ψ 143:6 (אֶל־י׳), and of י׳ entreating people Is 65:2 (אֶל); פ׳ צִיּוֹן בְּיָדֶיהָ La 1:17. spread out hands as in swimming Is 25:11, and (יָדַיִם om.) v 11. = scatter, (?) subj. י׳, c. acc. pers. Zc 2:10 (𝔊 We Now קִבַּצְתִּי מִן, yet v. GASm); ψ 68:15, in doubtful connexion.