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prs (a/u) vb. to spread
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Gpəˁalintransitive: to spread3 senses▶
1
intransitive: to spread
Palmyrene, PTA, Syr
TN Gen9:14↗ ויהי כד יהוון ענניא פרסין על ארעא‏ ; AGnEx 57.27↗ ܡܬܚܬ ܘܦܪܣܬ ܠܗ݀ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܒܡܠܐ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܗܝܢ ܫܪ̈ܒܬܐ‏ : the evil extended and spread throughout the two families
2
to spread something
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
11QtgJob 33.7=39:26↗ המן חכמתך יסתער נצא ויפרוס כנפוה̇י‏ : does the hawk soar and spread its wings due to your wisdom? ; TgJ 1K8:22↗ וֻפרַס יְדוֹהִי בִצלוֹ לְצֵית שְמַיָא‏ : he spread his hands in prayer to heaven ; TgJ Joel2:2↗ כְנֵיהוֹר צַפרָא דִפרִיס עַל טוּרַיָא‏ : like the morning light spread over the mountains ; SamTgJ Ex25:20↗ ויון כרוביה פרסין כנפין ללעל‏ : the cherubim should spread wings upward ; Addai.51.2↗ ܕܐܦ ܗ݂ܝ ܚܙܬܗܘܢ݂ ܫܠܡܐ ܦܪܣܐ ܗܘܬ ܥܠ ܚ̈ܙܝܐ‏ : the very sight of them spread peace on the beholders ; P Ex9:33↗ ܘܦ݂ܪܣ ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܠܫܡܝܐ ܠܘܬ ܡܪܝܐ‏ ; BT Ber 55b(30)↗ וניקום קמי כהני בעידנא דפרשי ידיהו‏ : let him stand before the priests when they spread their hands (to bless the congregation)
(1)
to pitch a tent
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Gen12:8↗ וֻפרַסֵיה לְמַשכְנֵיה בֵית אֵל‏ ; TgIChron 16:1↗ ואקימו יתיה במצע משכנא די פרשׂ ליה דוד‏ : they set it up in the middle of the tent that David had pitched
(1)
alone
JLAtg
TgO Gen13:18↗ וֻפרַס אַברָם‏ : [=MT: וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם]
3
w. hands: to pray
Sam
SamTgJ Ex9:29↗ כאפקותי מן קרתה אפרס כפי ליהוה‏ : when I have left the city I will pray to the Lord
(1)
to pray over the meal
JLAtg
TgJ 1Sam9:13↗ אְרֵי הוּא פָרֵיס עַל מְזוֹנָא בָתַר כֵין אָכְלִין זְמִינַיָא‏ : for he prays over the food [MT: כִּי־הוּא יְבָרֵךְ הַזֶּבַח] and afterwards the guests eat
(2)
to recite the prayers preceding the Shema
Gal
VR 531:3(1)↗ חכים רבי למיפרס על שמע‏ : does the master know how to recite the prayers?
Dpaˁˁelto extend something (i.e. to spread, plur.)2 senses▶
1
to extend something (i.e. to spread, plur.)
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Ex26:7↗ וְתַעְבֵיד יְרִיעָן דְמְעְזֵי לְפָרָסָא עַל מַשכְנָא‏ : you should make goat-hair curtains to spread on the tent ; AphDem4.71:14↗ ܐܢܫܐ ܕܡܣܓܝܢ ܨܠܘ̈ܬܐ܂ ܘܡܘܪܟܝܢ ܬܚܢܢܬܐ܂ ܘܡܟܦܦܝܢ ܢܦܫܗܘܢ܂ ܘܡܦܪܣܝܢ ܐܝ̈ܕܝܗܘܢ‏ : people who pray extensively, petition lengthily, incline their souls, and extend their hands ; P Is25:11↗ ܢܦܪܣ ܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܒܓܘܗ‏
2
ܘܲܦܪܲܥ : to pay a debt
Syr
PO16 861b:1 text not cited
Cˀafˁelto extend a limb2 senses▶
1
to extend a limb
LJLA
TgEsth2 1:2(102)↗ אפריס ית ריגליה על דרגא קדמאה‏
2
fig.:
LJLA
TgLamYemWT 1:17↗ היכמה דמפרסא אתתא על מתברא פגינ{ת}<ה>‏ : just as a woman puts out a loud cry on the birthing stool
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto extend2 senses▶
1
to extend
Syr
2
to be spread
Sam, Syr
AphDem3.52:10↗ ܡܨܝܕܬܗ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܐܬܦܪܣܬ‏ : his net was spread over him
(1)
to be distributed, published
Syr, LJLA
JulSok 131(62):19↗ ܦܚܡܗ ܕܝܢ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܐܬܦܪܣ ܥܠܝ݂ܢ‏ : copy of the first text that was distributed about us ; TgEsth2 9:14(0)↗ ודיטגמא איתפרסת בשושן‏ : the decree was distributed in Susa
(2)
to be kept away (?)
LJLA
TgQoh12:4↗ יתפרסון שיפוותך מלמימר שירתא‏ : your lips shall be kept from proclaiming a song †
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be spread out1 sense▶
to be spread out
CPA, Syr
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See also s.v. prs#2. The two roots, probably of separate Semitic origin, largely overlap in meaning.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1244[600]DJPA: 449aDJBA: 935aJastrow: 1233Drower/Macuch: 380a, 379bJ. Payne-Smith: 462Levy Ch-W: 2:293Tal Sam: 705DNWSI: 940DCPA[Schulthess]: 341[163]Qumran: 194

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