The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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פַּרְנָס‏ n.m. community leader

community leader JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Jer23:1 : פַרנָסַיָא דִמאַבְדִין וֻמבַדְרִין יָת עַם דְאִתקְרִי שְמִי עֲלוֹהִי‏ the leaders who destroy and scatter the people upon whom My name is called. FTP Gen40:12 : תלתא פרנסין הימנין‏ three faithful leaders. PJ Gen49:24 : זכא למהוי פרנסא‏ he merited becoming a community leader. PJ Deut16:22 : ליתיכון רשאין למנאה לפרנסא גברא זידנא‏ you are not entitled to appoint a malicious man as leader.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 448a; DJBA: 935a; Jastrow: 1231; Levy Ch-W: 2:292; Tal Sam: 705a;

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Derivatives:

prns vb. to supply, to support, to provide

prnws, prnwsˀ (parnūs, parnūsā) v.n.Q maintenance

prnsh, prnstˀ (parnāsā, parnāstā) n.f. charitable support; sustenance

prnsw, prnswtˀ (parnāsū, parnāsūṯā) n.f. provision