H6566. paras

מָּרַשׂ‎ verb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic מְּרַס ᵑ7‎ (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also Nö^{ZA i. 417}); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ‎ Lamentations 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫‎ Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרשֹׁ‎ Deuteronomy 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular וַתִּפְרשֹׁ‎ 2 Samuel 17:19, etc.; Participle active מּוֺרֵשׂ‎ Proverbs 29:5 etc.; passive מָּרֻשׂ‎ Joel 2:2; feminine singular מְּרוּשָׂה‎ Hosea 5:1 plural מְּרֻשׂוֺת‎ 1 Kings 8:54; —

1 spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה‎) Judges 8:25, + לִפְנֵי‎ person Deuteronomy 22:17; — wings 32:11; 1 Kings 6:27 (read ᵐ5 כַּנְפֵיהֶם‎ Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַל‎ Jeremiah 49:22 (fig), + אֶל‎ 48:40; 1 Kings 8:7 2 Chronicles 5:3 (עַל‎), + ל‎ Job 39:26, לְמַעְלָה‎ Exodus 25:20; 37:9; wings omitted 1 Chronicles 28:18 and perhaps 2 Chronicles 3:13 (strike out כַּנְפֵי‎ Be); of ׳פ אוֺרוֺ עָלָיו ׳י,‎ Job 36:30; spread out writing, לִפְנֵי‎ Pers. 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14; Ezekiel 2:10; sail Isaiah 33:23; fishingnet, מִכְמֶרֶת‎ 19:8 (עַל‎ location); net (רֶשֶׁת‎) as snare, figurative Hosea 5:1 (עַל‎ location), Psalm 140:6, לְרַגְלַי‎ Lamentations 1:13, with עַל‎ person Hosea 7:12 (of ׳י‎, Ezekiel 12:13 = 17:20; 19:8; 32:3, עַלעְֲָֿמָיו‎ Proverbs 29:5; ׳פ כַּמַּיִם‎ in prayer, + אַל‎ Exodus 9:29, 33 (J), 1 Kings 8:38 2 Chronicles 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, ל‎ Psalm 44:21, +, הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ 1 Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה‎), 1 Kings 8:54, no complem. 2 Chronicles 6:12; of almsgiving, לֶעָנִי מָּֽרְשָׂה כַּמָּהּ‎ Proverbs 31:20; ׳פ יַד‎, with עַל‎ of thing, Lamentations 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display אִוֶּלֶת יִפְרשֹׁ וּכְסִיל‎ Proverbs 13:16.

2 spread covering over 2 Samuel 17:19 (מָסָךְ‎ + עַלמְּֿנֵי‎ of thing), הַמַּכְבֵּר‎ over (עַל‎) face of another 2 Kings 8:15, כָּנָף‎ skirt, עַל‎ person Ruth 3:9; Ezekiel 16:8 (figurative of ׳י‎); בֶּגֶּד‎ with עַל‎ of thing Numbers 4:7-8, :4:11, 13 with מִלְמָ֑עְלָה‎ v6; כְּסוּי‎ with עַל‎ of thing 4:14; אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל‎, with עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן‎ Exodus 40:19; עַלהֶֿהָרִים מָּרֻשׂ שַׁחַר‎ Joel 2:2; of לְמָסָךְ ׳פ עָנָן ׳י‎ Psalm 105:39. — Micah 3:3; Lamentations 4:4 see מָּרַס‎.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine plural יִכָר֑שׂוּ‎ Ezekiel 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָלרֿוּחַ‎; 34:12 read probably Participle נִפְרָשׂוֺת צאֹן‎ for שׁוֺת‎-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וּפֵרַשׂ‎ Isaiah 25:11 etc. Imperfect3masculine singular יְפָרֵשׂ‎ v11, 3feminine singular תְּפָרֵשׂ‎ Jeremiah 4:31; Infinitive cstr מָּרֵשׂ‎ Psalm 68:15, suffixמָּרִשְׂכֶם‎ Isaiah 1:15; —

1 spread out:

a. with accusative כַּפַיִם‎ in prayer Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31 so with יָדַיִם‎ Psalm 143:6 (׳אֶליֿ‎), and of ׳י‎ entreating people Isaiah 65:2 (אֶל‎); ׳פ בְּיָדֶיהָ צִיֹון‎ Lamentations 1:17.

b. spread out hands as in swimming Isaiah 25:11, and (יָדַיִם‎ omitted) 25:11.

2 = scatter, (?) subject ׳י‎, with accusative of person Zechariah 2:10 (ᵐ5‎ We Now מִ֖ קִבַּצְתִּי‎, yet see GASm); Psalm 68:15, in doubtful connection.