פְּרָת proper name, masculine, of a river Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu DlPa.169 ff., Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu, SpiegAPK 211); — the greatest river of West Asia; ׳פ [Gen 2:14]. ׳נְהַר פ [Gen 15:18] (both secondary phrases in J), ׳נְהַר פ also [2Sam 8:3] (Qr, see נָהָר), [Jer 46:2]; [Jer 46:6]; [Jer 46:10]; [Deut 1:7]; [Deut 11:24]; [Josh 1:4] (D), [2Kgs 23:29]; [2Kgs 24:7]; [1Chr 5:9]; [1Chr 18:3] נהר omitted [Jer 13:4]; [Jer 13:5]; [Jer 13:6]; [Jer 13:7] (where Ew Hi Marti, after SchickZPV iii. ll, think of some other פְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) [Jer 51:63]; [2Chr 35:20] (compare [Gen 2:14] above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see ׳נ.
פֹּרָת [Gen 42:22] see [ פָּרָה].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
License: Public domain document; formatting developed for use in https://marvel.bible by Eliran Wong.
Source: provided by Tim Morton, the developer of Bible Analyzer