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prq (a/u[a]) vb. to redeem; to dismantle
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Gpəˁalfig. : to redeem, ransom3 senses▶
1
fig. : to redeem, ransom
(1)
to redeem an obligation for money or other goods
Common Aramaic
Dan 4:24↗ וחטיך"#ק#וַחֲטָאָךְ" בְּצִדְקָה פְרֻק‏ : redeem your sins through righteousness † ; TgO Ex13:13↗ וְכֹל בוּכרָא דִחמָרָא תִפרוֹק בְאִימְרָא‏ ; P Num18:16↗ ܘܦܘܪܩܢܗ ܡܢ ܒܪ ܝܪܚܐ ܘܠܥܠ܂ ܬܦܪܘܩ ܒܕܡ̈ܝܐ‏ ; AnanSch 6:22 למיפירקיה לבכור‏ : to redeem a firstborn ; PJ Ex13:13↗ וכל בוכרא דאינשא בברך ולא בעבדך תיפרוק בכספא‏ : every first-born human males among your sons, but not among your slaves, you must redeem with silver ; PJ Lev27:31↗ ואין מפרוק יפרוק גבר ממעשריה חומש דמוי יוסיף עלוי‏ : should a man instead redeem his tithe, he must add a fifth of its value to it
(2)
to rescue, redeem a person
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 27.9=36:15↗ ויפרק‏ : [MT יְחַלֵּץ] ; TgO Gen48:16↗ מַלאֲכָא דִפרַק יָתִי מִכֹל בִישָא‏ : the angel who rescued me from all evil ; TgJ Hos8:2↗ פְרוֹקְנָא אֲרֵי אֲנַחנָא עַמָך‏ : save us for we are Your people ; P Je15:15↗ ܐܬܕܟܪܝܢܝ݂ ܘܦܪܘܩܝܢܝ܂ ܘܐܬܢ݁ܩܡ ܠܝ ܡܢ ܪ̈ܕܘܦܝ‏ ; BT Qid 29a(43)↗ והיכא דלא פרקיה, אבוה מחיי׳ איהו למיפרק נפשיה‏ : where his father did not redeem him, he is obligated to redeem himself ; TgSong2:8↗ ושדר יתיה למצרים למפרק יתהון‏
(1)
to pay the ransom
Man
GY 38:1↗ pruq pruqia
(3)
p.p.: redeemed, rescued
Common Aramaic
GT AA(2) Exod12:42↗ בני ישראל פריקין מן ארעא דמצרים‏ ; TN Ex6:7↗ פרקית ואפקית יתכון מן תחות"אפקית יתכון פריקין מן ניר" שעבודהון דמצריי‏ : and passim in PTA
(4)
to come to an agreement on, settle
Syr
PaulQentos 27↗ ܘܦܪܩ݁ ܥܡܗ ܐܓܪܐ‏ : he settled with him on a wage
(5)
to redeem as a familial obligation, i.e. = Hebrew גוֹאֵל
JBA, LJLA
BT Qid 29a(43)↗ והיכא דלא פרקיה אבוה מחיי׳ איהו למיפרק נפשיה‏ : in a case where his father did not redeem him, he is required to redeem himself ; TgRuth4:6↗ פרוק לך את דלית לך איתא ית אחסנתי ארום לית אנא יכיל למפרוק‏ : you redeem my holding for yourself, for you have no wife, for I am unable to redeem
2
intr.: (usually w. mn) : to go away, leave off
Sam, Syr
Marqe 1.1045↗ ופרקת שרח למשה ולאהרן‏ : PN left Moses and Aaron ; AphDem14.290:19↗ ܘܦܪܩܬ ܡܢܗ ܢܙܝܪܘܬܗ‏ : his status as a nazirite left him ; JulSok 397(195):24↗ ܘܗܫܐ ܦܪܘܩܘ ܠܟܘܢ ܡܢܢ‏ : so now leave us ; P Gn19:9↗ ܘܐܡ݂ܪܘ ܦܪܘܩ ܠܗܠ‏ : they said: get over there! ; P Acts21:21↗ ܕ݁ܢܸܦ݂ܪܩܘ݂ܢ ܡܸܢ ܡܘ݂ܫܸܐ‏ : that they should leave Moses
(1)
mn d_ + verb. : to stop doing something
Syr
P Ex9:29↗ ܩ̈ܠܐ ܢܦ݂ܪܩܘܢ‏ ; P 2Ch16:5↗ ܦܪܩ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܒܢܐ ܠܪܡܬܐ‏
(2)
to be released
Syr
ER 103:1 ܠܐ ܂܂܂ ܡܢ ܫܐܕܐ ܐܬܬ ܕܬܦܪܘܩ‏ : she did not come to be released from a demon
3
to unload, take off, dismantle
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
PTHag 77.b:18[2]↗ והוון מתכוונין מיפרוק בכרמלית‏ : they intentionally unloaded in the Carmelit ; FTP Deut22:4↗ מפרק תפרוק עימיה ומטען תטען עימיה‏ : you must unload with him and reload with him ; BT Men 11b(38)↗ כמאן דפריקא דמיא‏ : it is as if it has been taken off (the table) ; PJ Gen27:40↗ בכין תהי פריק ניר שעבודיה מעל צוורך‏ : then you shall remove his subjecting yoke from on your neck
(1)
(pregnant woman) to give birth
Man, LJLA
ATS 2.3:1546↗ lman ḏbaṭna ulaparqa ulman ḏ{kd} baṭna uparqa : for one who is pregnant and does not give birth and one who is pregnant and gives birth ; ATS 2.3:1555↗ baṭinta ... ḏparqa unapqa mn pagra kḏ msaqman tlatin uhda iumia ḏṣurta masiqta ˁlẖ qria : for a pregnant women who gives birth but dies, recite the funeral mass when the thirty one days of confinement are completed ; PJ Ex1:19↗ מן יד הינין מתעניין וילדן ופרקן בשלם‏ : they immediately are answered (by God), give birth, and disconnect (the newborn) safely [alternatively simply: and they stop the activity]
(2)
ܡܢ : to reject
Syr
Am4 17:15↗ ܬܦܪܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܛܥܝܘܬܐ ܕܦܬܟܪ̈ܐ‏ : you should reject false worship of idols
Dpaˁˁelto take apart3 senses▶
1
to take apart
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.b34↗ kl zy ysb lyk[hl ly]prq wlyšlḥ yd bmy by[rˀ : (so that) whoever surrounds (us) is not able to cut off or attack the well water ; TgO Ex32:2↗ פָרִיקוּ קְדָשֵי דְדַהבָא דִבאוּדנֵי נְשֵיכוֹן‏ : take off the golden rings that are in your wives' ears ; PJ Ex32:3↗ ומן יד פריקו כל עמא ית קדשי דדהבא‏
(1)
to split
Syr, JBA
BT Ḥul 48a(9)↗ מייתי׳ סכינא דחליש פומיה ומפריקנא ליה‏ : I shall bring a knife whose blade is thin and will separate it
(1)
to babble in brief utterances (?)
Syr
PhiloxDisc 9:64↗ ܒܡܲܡܠܠܐ ܕܲܡ݁ܦܲܪܸܩ/ܕܲܡ݁ܦܲܪܲܩ/ ܣܪܼ̈ܝܩܵܬܐ‏ : with speech that babbles/split into/ vanities
(2)
to unload
JLAtg, JBA
TgO Ex23:5↗ וֻתפָרֵיק עִמֵיה‏ : you should unload (the ass) along with him ; BT BB 11b(4)↗ איפשר דעייל לגואי ומפריק‏ : he possibly goes inside and unloads it
2
to redeem
Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA
TN Num18:15↗ מפרקה תפרק‏ ; SamTgJ Ex34:20↗ ופתוח חמר תפרק בנקי ואם לא תפרקנה ותקדלנה וכל בכור אנש בבניך תפרק‏ : the firstborn of an ass you should redeem with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it you must break its neck, and you must redeem every human firstborn of your sons ; BT Git 38a(44)↗ וכיון דמשדר לה גיטא דחירותא מיתזלא באפיה ומפרק לה‏ : when he sends her a writ of manumission she is disgraced in his sight and he has her redeemed
3
to solve a problem
Gal, JBA
BT Šab 33b(49)↗ כי הוה מקשי ר׳ פינחס בן יאיר קושיא הוה מפריק לה ר׳ שמעון בן יוחאי בעשרים וארבעה פירוקי‏ : when PN1 would present a difficult problem, PN2 would solve it with 24 solutions ; BT AZ 50b(3)↗ ולית נגר בר נגר דיפרקינה‏ : there is no 'carpenter son of a carpenter' [i.e. scholar] who can solve it
Cˀafˁelto make depart2 senses▶
1
to make depart
Syr
ITim4:3↗ ܡܲܦ݂ܪܩܼܝܢ ܡܸܢ ܡܸܐܟ݂̈ܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : making them avoid foods
(1)
to remove
Syr
P Prov21:14↗ ܡܘܗܒܬܐ ܕܒܛܘܫܝܐ ܡܦܪܩܐ ܪܘܓܙܐ‏
(1)
to take fruit from its tree or vine
PTA
TN Deut20:6↗ גברא די נצב כרם ולא אפריק פירוי‏ : the man who planted a vineyard but did yet not take its fruit
(2)
to separate
Syr
Nest 469:16 ܕܢܲܦܪܸܩ ܢܲܦܫܗ ܡܢ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܘܬܐ‏ : to separate himself from the role of bishop ; P Ex8:4↗ ܘܢ݁ܦ݂ܪܩ ܐܘܪ̈ܕܥܐ݁ ܡܢܝ݂‏ ; P 2K16:17↗ ܘܐܦܪܩ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܠܩܢ̈ܐ‏
(3)
to liberate
JBA
BT Git 38a(45)↗ וכיון דמשדר לה גיטא דחירותא מיתזלא באפיה ומפרק לה‏ : when he sends her a document of manumission she becomes less valuable in (the owner's) eyes and he liberates her
(1)
to release for sale (?)
JBAg
HP Sassoon(1) 175.19↗ בחולו שלמועד ٠٠٠ ותפילין ומזוזות שרי למיכתב ואפרוקי כדי פרנסתו‏ : he is allowed to write and release tfillin and mezuzahs for his livelihood on the intermediate days of a holiday
(4)
to free of pain
Syr
Med 439:1 ܡܲܦܪܸܩ ܠܗ ܠܗܘ݁ ܕܥܡܝܠ ܡܢ ܟܹܒܵܐ‏ : it frees the one suffering from pain
2
to depart (?)
Syr
IICor12:8↗ ܕ݁ܢܲܦ݂ܪܸܩ ܡܸܢܝ‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be redeemed4 senses▶
1
to be redeemed
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen49:16↗ וִיקוּם גַברָא בְיוֹמוֹהִי יִתפְרֵיק עַמֵיה‏ : the man will arise in whose days his people will be redeemed ; GT E Gen40:12↗ ועתידין מתפרקין על ידי תלתה פרנסין מהימינין משה ואהרן ומרים‏ : they are destined to be redeemed by three reliable providers: Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ; MB 2:12 ܐܬܦܪܩܬ ܒܗ ܥܢܐ ܡܠܝܠܬܐ ܡܢ ܫܒܝܐ‏ : through him was the rational flock redeemed from captivity ; P Lv19:20↗ ܡܬܦܪܩܘ ܠܐ ܐܬܦܪܩܬ‏ ; P Is1:27↗ ܨܗܝܘܢ ܒܕܝܢܐ ܬܬܦܪܩ‏ ; P Ps18:4↗ ܘܡܢ ܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ ܐܬܦܪܩ‏ ; BT Ara 5a(32)↗ text not cited ; PJ Lev19:20↗ עד כדון לא איתפיריקאת בכספא או שטר שיחרורה לא איתיהיב לה‏ : she had not yet been redeemed by money nor had her release document been given to her
(1)
to be saved
Syr, JBA
P Lk1:74↗ ܕܢܸܬ݂ܦ݁ܪܸܩ ܡܸܢ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܲܒ݂ܥܸܠܕ݁ܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܝܢ‏ ; BT BQ 49a(25)↗ משום דאיפרקא מלידה‏ : because she was saved from having to give birth
(2)
to give birth and be relieved
JLAtg
TgJ Is66:7↗ עַד לָא מֵיתֵי עָקָא לַה תִתפְרֵיק‏ : before the pain comes upon her she shall give birth (and/or be redeemed, but the MT target of interpretation is יָלָדָה)
(3)
to be released for sale
JBA
2
to go apart, become separated
Sam, Syr, JBA
BT Ber 54a(38)↗ איתעביד ליה ניסא ואיתפרק ליה אשיתא‏ : a miracle happened to him and a wall came apart for him ; BT Ḥul 44a(35)↗ התם דאיפרוק אתפרוקי‏ : in that case (the gullet and windpipe) were actually detached
3
to be specified
Sam
4
(problem) to be solved
JBA, JBAg
BT Ket 42b(23)↗ text not cited
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto come apart3 senses▶
1
to come apart
Common Aramaic
MTKG 3:74 1:33 טורייה מתפרקין מן תק[וף] דחילתך‏ : the mountains come apart by Your fearsome might ; P Je4:24↗ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܪ̈ܡܬܐ ܐܬܦ݁ܪܩ‏
(1)
to be taken apart
Common Aramaic
TgO Ex28:28↗ וְלָא יִתפָרַק/ חוּשנָא מֵעִלָוֵי אֵיפוֹדָא‏ ; P Ez19:12↗ ܘܐܬܦܪܩܘ ܘܝܒܫܘ ܚܘ̈ܛܪܐ ܕܥܘܫܢܗ‏ ; PJ Ex26:28↗ וכד הוה מתפרק הוה פשיט הי כחוטרא‏ : when (the tabernacle) would be dismantled it would become straight as a stick ; PJ Ex39:21↗ ולא יתפרק חושנא מעילוי אפודא‏
2
to separate oneself
Syr
IPet2:11↗ ܐܸܬܦܲܪܲܩܘ ܡܸܢ ܟܠܗܸܝܢ ܪܓܝ݂ܓܵܬܸܗ̈ ܕܦܲܓܪܵܐ‏ : separate yourselves from all desires of the body ; ActsThom 181:6↗ ܘܕܥܘ ܕܡܚܕܐ ܕܡܬܦܪܩܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܡܢ ܗܕܐ ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ ܨܐܬܐ݂‏ : know that you must keep away from this disgusting intercourse immediately
3
to be saved
Syr, Man
LG 20:5(2)↗ ܘܸܐܠܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܒܲܐܓܘ݂ܢܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܦܲܪܲܩ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ‏ : unless a person is saved in the great contest ; P Lk12:58↗ ܗܲܒ݂ ܬܸ݁ܐܓ݂ܘ݂ܪܬܵܐ ܘܬ݂ܸܬ݂ܦ݁ܲܪܲܩ ܡܸܢܸܗ‏ : take care and you may be saved from him ; AM 252:6↗ mlik malkia mn mahra nitparaq : the emperor will be saved from an illness
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We have not here tried to distinguish between redemption of a child owed to the Lord and a slave or captive held by another; in most cases a figurative sense is meant in any case.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1250[605]DJPA: 450bDJBA: 937bJastrow: 1239Drower/Macuch: 380aJ. Payne-Smith: 464fLevy Ch-W: 2:298Tal Sam: 708DNWSI: 943DCPA[Schulthess]: 341[163]DJA: 74aQumran: 194

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