פרעה

See also: פּרעה

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פרעה

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Etymology

From Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”), originally referring to the palace of the Egyptian king, but later on metonymically coming to refer to the king himself, hence the Hebrew sense.

Use as a proper noun occurs many times in the Bible; use as a common noun appears to be much more recent, and is perhaps due to influence from European languages.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /parˈʕoː/, [parˈʕoː]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /parˈʕo/, [pʰaʀˈʕoː]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paʁ.ˈ(ʔ)o/

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Proper noun

פַּרְעֹה • (par'ó) m

1. Pharaoh.
   • Tanach, Exodus 1:22, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כָּל־הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ

     vay'tsáv par'ó l'khol-amó lemór kol-habén hayilód hay'óra tashlikhúhu

     And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river

Noun

פַּרְעֹה • (par'ó) m (plural indefinite פַּרְעוֹנִים, singular construct פַּרְעֹה־, plural construct פַּרְעוֹנֵי־)

1. (historical) pharaoh

Descendants

• → Yiddish: פּרעה (pare)
• → Ancient Greek: Φαραώ (Pharaṓ) (see there for further descendants)

References

• H6547 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “פרעה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Anagrams

• עפרה