pa.raq describes tearing away or removing, from ornaments and physical parts to yokes or hostile control.

The occurrences most often depict being torn free from a yoke, an enemy’s hand, or another threatening constraint. They also show ornaments being removed from wearers and physical things being torn, broken off, or stripped away.

1. Tearing free from restraint or hostile control · dominant

   In Genesis 27:40, the Qal sequential perfect is used of tearing a yoke from the neck. The Qal participles and sequential imperfect in Lamentations 5:8 and Psalm 136:24 occur in clauses about no one removing people from a ruling hand and about removal from enemies; in Psalm 7:3 the participle stands in a conditional appeal, though the APB does not make its specific contribution clear.

   Genesis 27:40Lamentations 5:8Psalm 136:24Psalm 7:3
2. Removing ornaments from the wearer · common

   In Exodus 32:2, the Piel imperative addresses a group and the APB renders the instruction to remove gold rings from ears. Exodus 32:3 reports the group’s Hithpael sequential imperfect action, and Exodus 32:24 repeats the removal instruction with a Hithpael imperative concerning gold.

   Exodus 32:2Exodus 32:3Exodus 32:24
3. Tearing or breaking physical things apart · common

   In 1 Kings 19:11, the Piel active participle occurs with the wind as the APB renders it “tearing the mountains” and shattering rocks. Ezekiel 19:12 places a Hithpael perfect in the destruction of strong rods, while Zechariah 11:16 uses a Piel imperfect in the shepherd’s treatment of hoofs.

   1 Kings 19:11Ezekiel 19:12Zechariah 11:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the action with “tear off,” “take it off,” “tearing,” “broken off,” and removal from a hand or enemies. These renderings confirm the clauses’ broad actions rather than establish separate lexical meanings.