Lexicon
פְּרָת
pe.rat
H6578
N:N--L Hebrew

Euphrates

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Hebrew
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pe.rat is the named river marking borders, travel, conflict sites, and actions in the prophetic account.

The noun proper names a particular river: it marks the extent of promised or assigned territory, locates military and political events, and identifies the destination or setting of specific actions in Jeremiah.

Senses in use

  1. The named river in geographical settings · dominant

    All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same river in differing clauses. In Genesis 15:18 the APB renders it as the far boundary of land given to Abram's seed; in Joshua 1:4 it marks a border, while in 2 Samuel 8:3 and Jeremiah 46:2 it locates military activity. In Jeremiah 13:4 the APB renders a command to go there and hide a girdle, and Jeremiah 51:63 places the casting of a weighted scroll into its midst.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the name as “the River Euphrates” or “the Euphrates.” In Genesis 2:14 it calls it “the fourth river”; these are translation renderings of whole clauses.

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Across Scripture