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prn, prnˀ (pren, purnā) n.m. marriage settlement (ketubbah)
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marriage settlement (ketubbah)
Jud, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
pYadin18.71↗ כסף דנרין [חמ]ש̇ מ̇א̇ה̇ פ̇רן שלמציון אנתתי‏ ; PTPes 31.c:7[2]↗ אנא מחשב{נ}א גודלנה מן פרני‏ : I will reckon the heaped up amount from my ketubbah ; PTBB 17.a:17[2]↗ אין קציץ מן פרניך‏ : if (the fee) is fixed, (it is paid) from your ketubbah ; 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 ; SamTgJ Ex22:16↗ כפרן בתולתה‏ ; BT Ket 54a(48)↗ פורנא ליתמי‏ : the ketubbah is for the orphans [i.e. the heirs] ; BT Ket 67a(38)↗ אשה גובה פורנה מנייהו‏ : a woman collects her ketubbah-money from them ; 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
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marriage deed
Gal
PTKet 31.c:22[2]↗ אייתון פרנה ואשכחון כתוב בגווה‏ : they brought the deed and found written in it
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From Greek φερνή. See also s.v. prny #2. Note that unlike related borrowings of the same Greek term in Syriac, in Jewish texts this always(?) seems to refer to funds coming from the husband rather than the bride's family. According to see BDAG, both meanings can also apply in Greek, although "dowry" is more common. Note, too, the cited passage from TN Gen34:12 where ketubbah is listed separately.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 448aDJBA: 892aJastrow: 1230Levy Ch-W: 2:291Tal Sam: 704aDNWSI: 939DJA: 73b

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