The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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פּרֶן פֻּרְנָא‏ n.m. marriage settlement (ketubba)

marriage settlement (ketubbah) Jud, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. GT C Gen34:12 : אֶסְגּוֹן עַלַי לַחדא פְּרֶין וקדשין‏ [MT: הַרְבּוּ עָלַי מְאֹד מֹהַר וּמַתָּן]. TN Ex22:16 : נימוס פרני בתולתא‏ normal marriage settlements of virgins. TgTosPr Josh.10:41 : כל ארע גשן היא גרר דיהב אבימלך מלכא דגרר פרנא לשׂרה‏ the whole land of Goshen, which is Gerar, that Abimelekh gave to Sarah as a marriage settlement.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 448a; DJBA: 892a; Jastrow: 1230; Levy Ch-W: 2:291; Tal Sam: 704a; DNWSI: 939; DJA: 73b;

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Derivatives:

prn vb. C to give marriage gifts (bride-price)

mprnyn n.m.pl.t. brideprice (?)