פֵּרָה
pêrâh · H6512 · Hebrew · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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mole rat
Meaning unsure; possibly: gray rodent, that grows to about twenty centimeters in length, with very large teeth that protrude from the front of the mouth; they live almost entirely underground, digging their tunnels just below the ground surface with their large teeth and flat front paws; from time to time they eject surplus soil onto the surface of the ground, making small heaps, and thereby giving away their presence; they are blind, and live on roots
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Animals001001002
- פֵּרָה (pêrâh, H6512) has no confirmed tagged occurrences in the Hebrew Old Testament text as attested in this project's source data. The "Animals" classification recorded for it is bundle-shared with חֲפֹר (chăphôr, H2661) in the source data and reflects חֲפֹר (chăphôr, H2661)'s own attested sense, not an independently confirmed sense of פֵּרָה (pêrâh, H6512).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root פּוּר
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0