Original Word: פּוּר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: pur
Phonetic Spelling: (poor)
Short Definition: break [מָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7}); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵר Isaiah 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר Genesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from הֵפִיר Ezekiel 17:19; Psalm 33:10 (Ges^{§ 67v}); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2 Samuel 15:34, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵר Numbers 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶר Nehemiah 4:9, etc.; also 1singular אָפִיר Psalm 89:34 (Ges^i.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר2Chronicles 16:3; Psalm 85:5, הָפֵרָה 1 Kings 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר Proverbs 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר 2 Samuel 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zechariah 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם Leviticus 26:15 (Ges^{§ 67dd}); Participle מֵפֵר Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12; —

1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:

a. of ׳י Judges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44; Zechariah 11:10.

b. of men violating covenant with ׳י Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16,20; Leviticus 26:15; Ezekiel 44:7; Genesis 17:14; Isaiah 24:5 compare Jeremiah 33:20.

c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19 2Chronicles 16:3; Ezekiel 17:15,16,18,19.

d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zechariah 11:14.

e. of breaking ׳יs מִצְוָה Numbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָה Psalm 119:126.

2 frustrate, make ineffectual::

a. counsel (עֵצָה) 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 17:14; Ezra 4:5; ׳י subject Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 33:10; of man frustrating ׳יs counsel Isaiah 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּט Job 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in General, of men Proverbs 15:22, ׳י subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת Isaiah 44:25.

b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it Numbers 30:9; Numbers 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים), Numbers 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) Numbers 30:13,16.

c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ, Psalm 89:34 read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ Psalm 85:4 (read הָסֵר ᵐ5 Bi Che).

d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה Ecclesiastes 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 (Post^{Flora of Syr. 106 ff.}); M'Lean-Dyer^{Ency. Bid. 696.}): Post^{Letter, July 28, 1901} breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFM^{JBL x (1891), 60}); Perles^{Anal. 30} וְתִפְרַח.

Hoph`al Imperfect

1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isaiah 8:10 (of עֵצָה).

2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר Jeremiah 33:21; וִתֻּפַר Zechariah 11:11; so Isaiah 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 Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר); —

Qal Infinitive absolute +

Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular מּוֺר הִתְמּוֺרְרָה אֶרֶץ Isaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che^Heb.Hpt. פרוק התפרקה).

Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּ Psalm 74:13 thou [׳י] didst divide the sea.

III. פרר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מַּר מָּרָה = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 734}), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and Zim^{ZA iii. 202}).

break, bring to nothing, utterly take

A primitive root; to crush -- break, bring to nought, X utterly take.

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