• I . [ פָּרָשׁ S 6571 TWOT 1836a GK 7304, 7305 n. [ m. ] horse, steed ( less common synon. of סוּס ( > explained away by Schwally ^ZAW viii (1888), 191 ); Arabic فَرَسٌ

( farasun ) horse, mare (often), so Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( faras ), cf. Sab. פרס horse , Mordtm Him. Inschr. 70 ) ;— pl. פָּרָשִׁים (erron. for פְּרָשִׁים Kö ii , 1, 89 ) Ez 27:14 +, sf. פָּרָשָׁיו Is 28:28 1 S 8:1 1;— steeds Ez 27:14 ( + סוּסִים , פְּרָדִים ), from Togarmah; sim. of swiftness Jo 2:4 ( || סוּסִים ); prob. also Is 28:28 Je 46:4 ( || סוּסִים , cf. Gf Gi e), and perhaps וְשָׂם לֹו בְּמֶרְכַבְתֹּו וּבְפָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ וגו׳ 1 S 8:11 ( kg. subj.).

• II . פָּרָשׁ S 6571 TWOT 1836a GK 7304, 7305 n.m. Na 3:3 horseman ( ^{i.e. parrâš,} cf. Ges ^{§ 84 bb}; Arabic فَارِسٌ ( fārisun ); Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( faras ); Aramaic פָּרָשׁ , ܦܰܪܳܫܳܐ ( parošo ) ) ;— abs. פ׳ Na 3:3 Je 4:2 9, also פָּרַשׁ Ez 26:10 (as if cstr. Kö ^{Synt. § 337 s}); pl. פָּרָשָׁים Gn 50:9 +; sf. פָּרָשָׁיו Ex 14:9 +;— horseman , usually pl. , especially + רֶכֶב chariotry: Egyptian Gn 50:9 ( J ), Jos 24:6 ( E ), Ex 14:9 , 17 , 18 , 23 , 26 , 28 (all P ), 15:19 (song), Is 31:1 2 K 18:34 = Is 36: 9, 2 Ch 12:3 cf. 16: 8; Philistine 1 S 13:5 2 S 1:6 ( del. בַּעֲלֵי Ö We Dr Bu HP S); Aramæan 2 S 10:18 (but read prob. אִישׁ , cf. || 1 Ch 19:1 8, We Dr al. ), and ( + אִישׁ רַגְלִי ) 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18: 4, cf. 1 Ch 19: 6; also עַל־סוּס וּפָרָשִׁים 1 K 20:20 ( si vera l. ); Isr., of Adonijah 1 K 1:5 ( + רֶכֶב , חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים ); Solomon + רֶכֶב 9:1 9, 22 ; 10:26 ^(×2) = 2 Ch 8: 6, 9 ; 1:14 ^(×2), prob. also 1 K 5:6 ( + סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבֹו ) = 2 Ch 9:25 ( + ומֶרְכָּבֹות סוּסִים ); Jehoahaz 2 K 13:7 ( + רַגְלִי ); + רֶכֶב , fig. of Elijah 2 K 2:12 , of Elisha 13:14 ; + סוּסִים Ho 1: 7; Assyrian Is 22:6 , 7 ( + רֶכֶב ), cf. Na 3: 3, פ׳ רֹכְבֵי סוּסִים Ez 23: 6, 12 ; Babylonian Hb 1:8 ^(×2) Je 4:29 ( + רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת ), Ez 26:7 ( + סוּס , רֶכֶב ), v 10 ( + גַּלְגַּל וָרֶכֶב ), Scythian (Gog) 38:4 ( + סוּסִים ); Persian Is 21:7 , 9 ( צֶמֶד פ׳ ), Ne 2:9 Ezr 8:2 2; of king of north Dn 11:40 ( + רֶכֶב ).

• פַּרְשֶׁ˜גֶן S 6572, 6573 TWOT 1837, 2948 GK 7306 n.m. copy ( loan-word from Persian through Aramaic, v. Biblical Aramaic ) ;— cstr. פ׳ הַנִּשְׁתְּוָן Ezr 7:11 , cf. פַּתְשֶׁגֶן .

Schwally F. Schwally. ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft . Mordtm J. H. Mordtmann, Himjarische Inschriften. kg. king.

Kö E. König, Heb. Gram. HPS H. P. Smith.