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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פָּרַשׂH6566to break apart, disperse , etc.
Pronunciationpāraś
Breaking apart or dispersing with forceful physical separation, often implying violent or complete scattering.
Open lexicon entry →כַּףH3709the 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".
Full entry for פָּרַשׂ כַּפַּי (H6566, H3709) · Open the biblical lexicon
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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 groups3Aligned forms31
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense24×
Participle active1Kgs 8:7 · 2Chr 3:13 · 2Chr 5:8 · Exod 25:20 · Exod 37:9 · Lam 4:4 · Prov 29:57×
PerfectJob 36:30 · Lam 1:10 · Lam 1:13 · Ps 105:39 · Isa 33:23 · Ps 140:6 · Prov 31:207×
ImperfectDeut 32:11 · Job 39:26 · Prov 13:16 · Exod 9:29 · Hos 7:12 · Num 4:7 · Num 4:117×
Participle passive1Kgs 8:54 · Hos 5:1 · Joel 2:23×
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action6×
PerfectIsa 65:2 · Ps 143:6 · Zech 2:10 · Lam 1:174×
ImperfectIsa 25:11 · Jer 4:312×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action1×
ImperfectEzek 17:211×
Word Origins
פָּרַשׂ כַּפַּי is a primitive root - no further derivation.