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מִפְרָשׂ

𐤌𐤐𐤓𐤔

miphrâs

H4666 noun

SILEX Entry

Root פרשׂ to spread out, extend, stretch forth

Definition

Covering, extension, or something that is spread out—typically denotes a textile or material stretched out for shelter, screening, or display. Used to refer to coverings such as sails, awnings, or spreads made from fabric or other flexible material.

Semantic Range

sail (of a ship), awning, curtain, covering, item of textile or flexible material spread out

Root / Etymology

From the root פָּרַשׂ (paras), meaning 'to spread out, stretch, extend.' The noun מִפְרָשׂ (miphrâs) derives from this root, signifying something that has been spread or stretched out, especially in the sense of a physical covering or surface.

Historical & Contextual Notes

מִפְרָשׂ occurs in Ezekiel 27:7 where it refers specifically to a 'sail' made of embroidered linen, part of the maritime metaphors describing Tyre. It belongs to a semantic field including words for coverings or things which provide shelter or are displayed. The related root פָּרַשׂ gives rise to several nouns denoting spreading (like פֶּרֶשׂ ‘excrement’, from the idea of that which is scattered), but מִפְרָשׂ is exclusively used for textile or flexible material stretched out. In post-biblical Hebrew and in later periods, cognate forms refer directly to sails or curtains. English translations usually render מִפְרָשׂ as 'sail,' but this may miss the broader imagery of an item 'spread out'—it can refer to any spread (awning, curtain, or covering), but always of a textile or analogous material. There are no substantial shifts in meaning in later usage, but as maritime technology developed, the word became more technical for 'sail.' Compare קרס (keres, 'curtain/hanging') and יְרִיעָה (yeri'a, 'sheet, tent-cloth').

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from פָּרַשׂ; an expansion; that which...spreadest forth, spreading.

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Root Family

פרשׂ (p-r-ś (paras)) — to spread out, stretch forth, extend

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H6566 פָּרַשׂ in spreading out

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4666-02 מִפְרְשֵׂי miferesey HNcmpc spreadings-of spread-out coverings of 1
H4666-01 מִפְרָשֵׂ֔/ךְ miferasekhe HNcmsc/Sp2fs your sail your spread-out covering 1

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4666-01 Ezekiel 27:7 מִפְרָשֵׂ֔/ךְ miferasekhe HNcmsc/Sp2fs your sail your spread-out covering
H4666-02 Job 36:29 מִפְרְשֵׂי miferesey HNcmpc spreadings-of spread-out coverings of
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