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prk (a/u) vb. to crumble
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto crumble, break off2 senses▶
1
to crumble, break off
Qumran, CPA, Syr, JBA
4Q560 1..5↗ בשנא פרך דכר‏ : (the?) male bit off with the tooth [highly uncertain interpretation] ; P Lk6:1↗ ܡܵܠܓܼ݁ܝܢ ܗܼܘܲܘ ܫܸܒ݁ܠܸܐ̈܃ ܘܦ݂ܵܪܟܼ݁ܝܢ ܒܼ݁ܐܝܕ݂ܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ̈܂ ܘܵܐܟ݂ܠܼܝܢ‏ : they would pluck the sheaves and crumble them in their hands, and eat ; BT Pes 68b(13)↗ יבישה מיפרך פר{ר}‏ : he may completely break off a dry (pustule)
(1)
p.p. : dried out, inflexible
Gal, LJLA
VR 165:8(6)↗ דן אצילי פריך ודן ארכובה תבירה‏ : one whose elbow is inflexible and one whose knee is broken ; TgLamYemWT 4:8↗ אדק משכיהון על גרמיהון פריך הוה כקיסא‏ : their skin stuck to their bones and was as dry as wood
(2)
to remove husks by rubbing
Man
DSumqa 48↗ laˁzra ulahṣad ulaprak ulakal : he did not sow and did not reap and did not de-husk and did not eat
2
fig. : to raise an objection
JBA
BT Yev 6a(18)↗ והא תנא בעלמא קאי ולא קפריך‏ : does the Tanna not, in fact, take a general position (concerning the prohibitions), and no one raises an objection?
Dpaˁˁelto rub2 senses▶
1
to rub
Syr
Am3 556:4↗ ܘܫܪܝ ܡܦܪܟ ܥܝܢ̈ܘܗܝ܃ ܐܝܟ ܐܢܫ ܕܡܬܬܥܝܪ ܡܢ ܫܢܬܐ ܥܡܝܩܬܐ‏ : he began rubbing his eyes like a person waking up from a deep sleep
(1)
to remove husks by rubbing (pl.)
Gal, Syr, Man, LJLA
PTŠab 10.a:47[2]↗ ההן דשחק תומא כד מפרך ברישייא‏ : one one who is crushing garlic rubs off the tops ; PJ Gen37:7↗ והא אנחנא מפרכין פירוכין בגו חקלא‏ : [JPA parallels have מכרכין כורכוון] †
2
to break into little pieces
OfAWest, PTA, Syr, JBA
LydBil.6↗ mn zy yḥbl ˀw yprk mndˁm ˀḥr : whoever damages or breaks up (or: rubs out?) anything else ; TN Num33:52var.↗ ית כל טעוותהון וית כל מתכוותהון תפרכון‏ : you must break up all your false gods and molten images ; BT Ket 67a(34)↗ הכא במאי עסקינן בדהבא פריכא‏ : what are we dealing with here? with broken pieces of gold
Cˀafˁelp.p. : crushed and discarded1 sense▶
p.p. : crushed and discarded
LJLA
TgPs80:17↗ מתוקדא בנורא ומופרכא‏ : burned in the fire and discarded [MT: כְּסוּחָה] †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be crumbled, crushed by hand2 senses▶
1
to be crumbled, crushed by hand
Syr, JBA
P Job24:24↗ ܘܐܝܟ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܫܒ̈ܠܐ ܢܐܒܫܘܢ ܘܢܬܦܪܟܘܢ‏ : they shall dry up and be crumbled like the top of a grain-stalk ; BT Šab 20b(37)↗ איפרוכי מיפרך‏
(1)
fig. : to be refuted
JBA
BT BQ 18b(17)↗ היכא דמפריך קל וחומר‏ : (in a case) where an a fortiori argument is refuted
2
to dry out and become friable (vegetation)
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Is24:7↗ אִתאַבַלוּ כָל שָתֵי חְמַר אְרֵי אִתפְרִיכוּ גוּפנַיָא‏ : all those who drink wine are in mourning because the vines have withered † ; TgPs90:5↗ ולעלמא דאתי היך עסבא דמיתפרכא יתחלפון‏ : in the world to come they will be changed like grass that dries out †
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be rubbed2 senses▶
1
to be rubbed
Syr
2
to be crushed to pieces
Gal, Syr
BR 02:6(3)↗ אתפרכן אתחרשן אשתתקן‏ : (of lips)
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1240[597]DJPA: 447bDJBA: 933Jastrow: 1228Drower/Macuch: 379bJ. Payne-Smith: 460fLevy Ch-W: 2:290DCPA[Schulthess]: 340[163]Qumran: 194

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