H6331. pur
[מָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHMEpigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵר [Isa 33:8] +, הֵפַ֑ר [Gen 17:14]; [Num 15:31]; also metaplastic from הֵפִיר [Ezek 17:19]; [Psa 33:10] (Ges§ 67v); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה [2Sam 15:34], etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵר [Num 30:13] +, וַיָּפֶר [Neh 4:9], etc.; also 1singular אָפִיר [Psa 89:34] (Gesi.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר[2Chr 16:3]; [Psa 85:5], הָפֵרָה [1Kin 15:19]; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר [Prov 15:22] +; construct לְהָפֵר [2Sam 17:14] +, לְהָפֵיר [Zech 11:10], suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם [Lev 26:15] (Ges§ 67dd); Participle מֵפֵר [Isa 44:25]; [Job 5:12]; —
1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:
a. of ׳י [Judg 2:1]; [Jer 14:21]; [Lev 26:44]; [Zech 11:10].
b. of men violating covenant with ׳י [Jer 11:10]; [31:32]; [Deut 31:16], [20]; [Lev 26:15]; [Ezek 44:7]; [Gen 17:14]; [Isa 24:5] compare [Jer 33:20].
c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), [Isa 33:8]; [1Kin 15:19] [2Chr 16:3]; [Ezek 17:15-16], [18], [19].
d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel [Zech 11:14].
e. of breaking ׳יs מִצְוָה [Num 15:31]; [Ezra 9:14], תּוֺרָה [Psa 119:126].
2 frustrate, make ineffectual::
a. counsel (עֵצָה) [2Sam 15:34]; [17:14]; [Ezra 4:5]; ׳י subject [Neh 4:9]; [Psa 33:10]; of man frustrating ׳יs counsel [Isa 14:27], so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּט [Job 40:8]; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in General, of men [Prov 15:22], ׳י subject [Job 15:12] so, with accusative אֹתוֺת [Isa 44:25].
b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it [Num 30:9]; [30:14] (opposed to חֵקִים), [30:13], also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) [30:13], [16].
c. of annulling (godly) fear [Job 15:4] מֵעִמּוֺ אָפִיר לֹא חַסְדִּי, [Psa 89:34] read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; כַּעַסְךָ הָפֵר [85:4] (read ᵐ5 הָסֵר Bi Che).
d. הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה וְתָפֵר [Eccl 12:5] is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר
Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (PostFlora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-DyerEncy. Bid. 696.): PostLetter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFMJBL x (1891), 60); PerlesAnal. 30 וְתִפְרַח.
Hoph`al Imperfect
1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר [Isa 8:10] (of עֵצָה).
2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר [Jer 33:21]; וִתֻּפַר [Zech 11:11]; so [Isa 28:18] (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻמַּר, see ׳כ).
Pilpel Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְמְּרֵנִי [Job 16:12] he hath shattered me.
II. [מָּרַר] verb split, divide (so [Psa 74:13] seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > BuhlLex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר); —
Qal Infinitive absolute +
Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְמּוֺרְרָה מּוֺר [Isa 24:19] split or cracked through is the earth (CheHeb.Hpt. התפרקה פרוק).
Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּ [Psa 74:13] thou [׳י] didst divide the sea.
III. פרר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מָּרָה מַּר = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare NöZMG xl (1886), 734), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and ZimZA iii. 202).