פָּרַח

vb. bud, sprout, shoot (NH Hiph. = BH Hiph. 2; Ecclus פרח Qal = flourish, Hiph. causat., 49:10; 40:19; Arabic فَرِخَ ii. hatch, also sprout, فَرْخٌ young of bird (v. אֶפְרֹחַ infr.), twig, sprout; Assyrian pirḫu, n. sprout;—on meaning cf. GFMJBL x (1891), 57)— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ Ez 7:10 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרַח Ho 14:6 +, 3 fpl. תִּפְרַחְנָה Is 66:14, etc.; Inf. abs. פָּרֹחַ 35:2; cstr. בִּפְרֹחַ ψ 92:8; Pt. f. פֹּרַ֫חַת Gn 40:10;—bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine Gn 40:10 (E), Ho 14:8 (sim.), Ct 6:11; 7:13; fig-tree Hb 3:17 (תִּפְרֶה); rods Nu 17:20, 23; metaph. of restored Isr. Ho 14:6; Is 27:6, cf. of bones Is 66:14 (כַּדֶּשֶׂא); of righteous ψ 72:7; 92:13 Pr 11:28; of wicked (כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב) ψ 92:8; also of steppe (עֲרָבָה) Is 35:1, פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח v 2; fig. of judgment Ho 10:4 (כָּרֹאשׁ; but on text v. Now); of זָדוֹן (q.v. p. 268) Ez 7:10. Pf. 1 s. הִפְרַחְתִּי Ez 17:24; Impf. יַפְרִחַ Jb 14:9, etc.;— cause to bud or sprout, c. acc. עֵץ Ez 17:24, זֶרַע Is 17:11, both fig. shew buds, sprouts, of tree Jb 14:9; fig. of righteous ψ 92:14; = flourish, of אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים, Pr 14:11 (all Qal in—ִ according to BaZMG xliii (1889), 180f.).