What does פָּרַשׂ · כַּף mean in the Bible?
פָּרַשׂ · כַּף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to spread out the hands in prayer, pleading, or appeal".
Hebrew · H6566, H3709
פָּרַשׂ כַּפַּי
To break apart, disperse , etc. · the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
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פָּרַשׂ H6566 to break apart, disperse , etc.
Pronunciation pāraś
Breaking apart or dispersing with forceful physical separation, often implying violent or complete scattering.
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כַּף H3709 the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
What does פָּרַשׂ כַּפַּי (pāraś kappay) mean in the Bible?
פָּרַשׂ · כַּף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to spread out the hands in prayer, pleading, or appeal".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6566, H3709?
H6566, H3709 is connected to 262 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to spread out the hands in prayer, pleading, or appeal
Source Gloss
to spread out the hands in prayer, pleading, or appeal
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 31
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 24×
Participle active 1Kgs 8:7 · 2Chr 3:13 · 2Chr 5:8 · Exod 25:20 · Exod 37:9 · Lam 4:4 · Prov 29:5 7×
Perfect Job 36:30 · Lam 1:10 · Lam 1:13 · Ps 105:39 · Isa 33:23 · Ps 140:6 · Prov 31:20 7×
Imperfect Deut 32:11 · Job 39:26 · Prov 13:16 · Exod 9:29 · Hos 7:12 · Num 4:7 · Num 4:11 7×
Participle passive 1Kgs 8:54 · Hos 5:1 · Joel 2:2 3×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 6×
Perfect Isa 65:2 · Ps 143:6 · Zech 2:10 · Lam 1:17 4×
Imperfect Isa 25:11 · Jer 4:31 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Imperfect Ezek 17:21 1×
Word Origins
פָּרַשׂ כַּפַּי is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain