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Strong's #06536 - פָּרַס
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1) to divide, break in two
1a) (Qal) to break, break up
1b) (Hiphil) to be divided (of hoofs)
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2640) xrp (פרס PRS) AC: Split CO: Hoof AB: ?: The hoof that is split into two parts. [from: rp- breaking]
V) xrp (פרס PRS) - I. Split:To split in two as the hoofs of a clean animal. [Hebrew an Aramaic] II. Spread:To spread apart in the sense of splitting. [df: Vrp] KJV (84): (vf: Paal, Niphil, Hiphil, Piel) divide, part, deal, hoof, tear, spread, stretch, scatter, break, open, chop, spread - Strongs: H6536 (פָּרַס), H6537 (פְּרֵס), H6566 (פָּרַשׂ)
Nm ) xrp (פרס PRS) - Peres: An unknown bird of prey. KJV (2): ossifrage - Strongs: H6538 (פֶּרֶס)
Nf1) exrp (פרסה PRSH) - Hoof: As split. KJV (19): hoof, claw - Strongs: H6541 (פַּרְסָה)
hm) xrpm (מפרס MPRS) - Spreading: In the sense of splitting. KJV (2): spreading - Strongs: H4666 (מִפְרָשׂ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
verb break in two, divide (Late Hebrew in derived forms; Assyrian parâsu, divide, hinder; Arabic 
break neck, etc.; Syriac 
hoof, ᵑ7מַּרְסְחָא (see מַּרְסָה below); compare Nö ZA i.417f.); —
Qal Perfect 3 plural וּפָֽרְשׂוּ Micah 3:3 they have broken up bones, as in kettle (? read Imperfect וַיִפְרְשׂוּ Nö i.c.); Infinitive abs. מָּרֹס לָרָעֵב לַחְמֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 58:7 a breaking for the hungry thy bread, so Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִפְרְסוּלָהֶם Jeremiah 16:7 (לֶחֶם omitted; but read לֶחֶם אֶלאָֿבֵל׳יִפ Gie, compare [in part] ᵐ5 Valgate Gf); Participle פֹרֵשׂ לֶהֶם Lamentations 4:4 (accusative לֶחֶם omitted).
Hiph`il Perfect 3 feminine singular הִפְרִיסָה Leviticus 11:6, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַפְרִיס Leviticus 11:5; Participle מַפְרִיס Leviticus 11:4 +, מַפְרֶסֶת Leviticus 11:3 +, etc.; —
1 with accusative מַּרְסָה divide hoof, i.e. have divided hoof (> denominative have hoofs, Deuteronomy 14:6,7,8 and "" Leviticus 11:3,4,5,6,7, so also Leviticus 11:26; מַפְרִיסֵי׳הַפ Deuteronomy 14:7 = ׳מַפְרִסֵי הַפ Leviticus 11:4 (H).
2 participle absolute denominative Psalm 69:32 having hoofs (+ מַקְרִן).
[מְּרַס] verb break in two (see Biblical Hebrew פרס); —
Peîl (W CG224) Perfect 3 feminine singular מְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָח Daniel 5:28.
פָּרַס to break, only in Kal in the phrase פָּרַס לֶחֶם לְ to break one’s bread to any one; i.e. to distribute it, Isaiah 58:7 and without לֶחֶם Jerem. 16:7. Compare פָּרַשׁ No. 1.
Hiphil
(1) to cleave, to divide. Levit. 11:4, וּפַרְסָה אֵינֶנּוּ מַפְרִיס “but cleaveth not the hoof,” i.e. has not the hoof altogether cloven. Elsewhere
(2) הִפְרִיס פַּרְסָה Levit. 11:3, Leviticus 11:6, Leviticus 11:7, 26 Leviticus 11:26; Deuteronomy 14:7, Deuteronomy 14:8 and without פַּרְסָה is nothing more than to have (pr. to make or produce) a cloven hoof.
Derivatives, פֶּרֶס, פַּרְסָה.
פָּרַס in pause פָּרָ֑ס pr.n. Heb. and Ch. Persia, the Persians, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 22 2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1, 4:5, seqq.; 6:14 Daniel 5:28, 6:9, 13. Pers. يارس, نارس, فرس. Hence Gent. noun פַּרְסִי a Persian, Nehem. 12:22 and Ch. emphat. פַּרְסָיָא Dan. 6:29.
