H6331. pur

[מָּרַר‎] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר‎; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו‎ destroy, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7}); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵר‎ Isaiah 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר‎ Genesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from הֵפִיר‎ Ezekiel 17:19; Psalm 33:10 (Ges^{§ 67v}); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה‎ 2 Samuel 15:34, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵר‎ Numbers 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶר‎ Nehemiah 4:9, etc.; also 1singular אָפִיר‎ Psalm 89:34 (Ges^i.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר‎2 Chronicles 16:3; Psalm 85:5, הָפֵרָה‎ 1 Kings 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר‎ Proverbs 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר‎ 2 Samuel 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר‎ Zechariah 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם‎ Leviticus 26:15 (Ges^{§ 67dd}); Participle מֵפֵר‎ Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12; —

1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית‎:

a. of ׳י‎ Judges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44; Zechariah 11:10.

b. of men violating covenant with ׳י‎ Jeremiah 11:10; 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16, 20; Leviticus 26:15; Ezekiel 44:7; Genesis 17:14; Isaiah 24:5 compare Jeremiah 33:20.

c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Ezekiel 17:15-16, 18, 19.

d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה‎ between Judah and Israel Zechariah 11:14.

e. of breaking ׳י‎s מִצְוָה‎ Numbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָה‎ Psalm 119:126.

2 frustrate, make ineffectual::

a. counsel (עֵצָה‎) 2 Samuel 15:34; 17:14; Ezra 4:5; ׳י‎ subject Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 33:10; of man frustrating ׳י‎s counsel Isaiah 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּט‎ Job 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת‎ in General, of men Proverbs 15:22, ׳י‎ subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת‎ Isaiah 44:25.

b. make vow (נֶדֶר‎) ineffectual, annul it Numbers 30:9; 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים‎), 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) 30:13, 16.

c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 מֵעִמּוֺ אָפִיר לֹא חַסְדִּי‎, Psalm 89:34 read probably אָסִיר‎ Ol Che Bae and others; כַּעַסְךָ הָפֵר‎ 85:4 (read ᵐ5 הָסֵר‎ Bi Che).

d. הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה וְתָפֵר‎ Ecclesiastes 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 (Post^{Flora of Syr. 106 ff.}); M'Lean-Dyer^{Ency. Bid. 696.}): Post^{Letter, July 28, 1901} breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה‎ bear fruit (compare GFM^{JBL x (1891), 60}); Perles^{Anal. 30} וְתִפְרַח‎.

Hoph`al Imperfect

1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר‎ Isaiah 8:10 (of עֵצָה‎).

2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר‎ Jeremiah 33:21; וִתֻּפַר‎ Zechariah 11:11; so Isaiah 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר‎ for וְכֻמַּר‎, see ׳כ‎).

Pilpel Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְמְּרֵנִי‎ Job 16:12 he hath shattered me.

II. [מָּרַר‎] verb split, divide (so Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור‎ SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר‎, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר‎); —

Qal Infinitive absolute +

Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְמּוֺרְרָה מּוֺר‎ Isaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che^Heb.Hpt. התפרקה פרוק‎).

Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּ‎ Psalm 74:13 thou [׳י‎] didst divide the sea.

III. פרר‎ (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מָּרָה מַּר‎ = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 734}), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and Zim^{ZA iii. 202}).