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prd (a/a) vb. to flee; D/C to separate
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto flee3 senses▶
1
to flee
CPA, Syr, Man, LJLAmag
P Je4:25↗ ܟܠܗ݀ ܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܦ݂ܪܕܬ‏ : all the birds of heaven had fled ; JohnBook 157:13↗ pardilẖ lsilita unapqia : they flee the net and escape ; AmGen 2:1:30↗ ופרדא ופרחא וערקא‏
(1)
fig. (sleep, dream)
Syr
P Gn31:40↗ ܦܪܕܬ ܫܢܬܝ ܡܢ ܥܝ̈ܢܝ‏ ; P Job20:8↗ ܐܝܟ ܚܠܡܐ ܢܦܪܚ ܘܠܐ ܢܫܬܟܚ܂ ܘܢܦܪܕ ܐܝܟ ܚܙܘܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ‏ : it flies away like a dream and is no longer present, and flees like a night vision
(2)
to break out
Man
2
to distinguish
Sam
Marqe 1.811↗ יומה קדאמה לבריתה דאדם ולתשבחתה דפרדה‏ : the first day (signifies) the creation of Adam and the glory it made distinguished
(1)
to pronounce, to specify
Sam
(1)
to pick
Sam
3
pass. ptc.: enfeebled
Sam, LJLA
TgProv11:24var.↗ אית דמפזיר/דפריד/ ומוסיף תוב‏ : †
Dpaˁˁelto put to flight2 senses▶
1
to put to flight
Syr, LJLA
AphDem14.294:12↗ ܡܦܪܕ ܫܢܬܐ ܒܠܠܝܐ ܢܓܝܪܐ‏ : it puts sleep to flight on a long night ; TgProv20:8var.↗ מלכא דיתיב על כורסיא דדינא מפרד/מפזר מן קדמוי כולהון בישתא‏ : the king who sits on the seat of judgment puts/scatters/ all evil away from him [but see Pesh. and emend to מבדר? ] †
2
to disband, separate
JLAtg, JBA
TgJ Is58:6↗ הְלָא דָא הִיא תַענִיתָא דִרעֵינָא בַה פָרַדוּ כִנשָת רִשעָא‏ : is this not the fast I desire: to disband the evil assembly † ; BT Men 42a(9)↗ וצריך לפרו̇ד̇א כי צוציתא דארמאי‏ : he must separate it(s threads) like the pagans' hair curls
(1)
to crumble
JBAg
OHT Pes 84:24 פרידן ולא קארדן על עופא‏
Cˀafˁelto seize with giddiness3 senses▶
1
to seize with giddiness
Syr, LJLA
P Prov7:10↗ ܕܡܦܪܕܐ ܠܒܗܘܢ ܕܥ̈ܠܝܡܐ‏ ; TgProv7:10↗ דמפרדא ליבא דעולימי‏ : †
2
to put to flight
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Is13:14↗ וִיהֵי כִצבִי מַפר{ִי}ד‏ : † ; P Song6:5↗ ܕܗܢܝܢ ܐܦܪܕܢܝ‏
(1)
to get one moving
Syr
ChrPsD2 189:1↗ ܟܢ݂ܫ ܝܠܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ݂ ܘܐܦܪܕ ܠܗ‏ : he assembled a large army and got it moving
3
to separate
Sam
SamTgJ Ex5:4↗ למה משה ואהרן תפרדון ית עמה מן עובדיון‏ : why, Moses and Aaron, would you keep the people from their work?
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto separate3 senses▶
1
to separate
Sam
2
to be distinguished, to be special
Sam
Marqe 3.16↗ תמן אתמסר אהרן לכהנתה ואתפרד בה וזרעה בתרה‏ : Aaron was appointed to the priesthood there and specialized in it with his progeny after him
3
to be specified
Sam
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto disappear2 senses▶
1
to disappear
Syr, LJLA
PJ Gen31:40↗ ואיתפרד{ד}ת שינתא מיני‏ : sleep disappeared from my eyes
(1)
to fade away
JBA
MG 29:43.1.16↗ ואי איפרד חזותה‏ : if its appearance had faded
2
to be scattered or separated
JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen10:5var.↗ מֵאִלֵין אִתפָרַשוּ"אתפרדו" נְגָוָת עַמְמַיָא‏ : † ; BT Pes 74b(7)↗ הב לי דא{ו}<י>כל בסמד̇א̇ דמפרדא,‏ ; TgJob41:9var.↗ חד עם חבריה מדבקין מתאחדין ולא מתפרשין/מיתפרדין/‏ : they stick together holding one another and are not separated
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The Samaritan usage "to distinguish" would seem to be due to a conflation with the nearly homophynous and synonymous prš; q.v.
D and C forms and usages are not easily disambiguated in unvocalized texts.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1227[593]DJBA: 927bJastrow: 1215Drower/Macuch: 378bJ. Payne-Smith: 457Levy Ch-W: 2:287Tal Sam: 699DCPA[Schulthess]: 339[161]

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