פָּרַשׁ (b. h.) [to divide, separate,] 1) (neut. verb) to go away, go aside, depart; to keep off. Yoma I, 5 הוא פוֹרֵשׁ … פּוֹרְשִׁין וכ׳ he turned aside and wept, and so did they. Y. Keth. I, 25ᵈ bot. ראו אותו פורש מציפורין they saw him come out of Sepphoris (so that he is presumably an inhabitant of Sepphoris); פירש מן הבתים they saw him leave one of the houses of Sepphoris. Num. R. s. 9 את פָּרַשְׁתְּ מדרך וכ׳ thou didst depart from the way (disregard the customs) of Israel’s daughters. Zeb. 113ᵃ (play on פרשה, Num. XIX, 5) מקים שפּוֹרֶשֶׁת למיתה וכ׳ there where she departs for death, she shall be burnt. Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵇ bot. (ref. to Lev. XIII, 45) כדי שתהא טומאה … פְּרוֹשׁ that the uncleanness itself may cry out …, ‘keep off’; Y. Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55ᵈ; a. fr. —2) to pass, cross. Yalk. Prov. 946; Yalk. Num. 738 הספינות פּוֹרְשׁוֹת בים the ships make their way through the sea. —3) (act. verb) to separate, keep off. Num. R. s. 10 כשם שאדם פירש את עצמו וכ׳ as a person keeps himself away (abstains) from the fruits of Orlah, so will those who misbehave towards their handmaids, be separated from the virtuous on the day of judgment.; a. fr.—Part. pass. פָּרוּשׁ, q. v. —4) (cmp. פָּרַט) to single out, specify, speak distinctly. Ib. (expl. יַפְלִא, Num. VI, 2) כשיִפְרוֹשׁ לנדור וכ׳ when he speaks out his vow, to the exclusion of him who thinks it in his heart; a. fr.—Sifré Num. 24 עד שיפרוש לך … כדרך שפירש וכ׳ (Yalk. ib. 710 שיפרוט … שפרט), v. פָּרַט.
Nif. - נִפְרַשׁ to be separated, kept away. Lev. R. s. 22 והן נִפְרָשִׁים מעבודה זרה and thus they will be kept away from idolatrous worship; a. e.
Pi. - פֵּירֵשׁ 1) (neut. verb) (neut. verb) to depart, withdraw; to abstain. Snh. 82ᵇ היה לו … לפרוש ולא פי׳ Zimri might have withdrawn (from the woman), but he did not. Ib.ᵃ אם פ׳ וכ׳ if Z. had withdrawn, and Phineas had slain him &c. Pes. 87ᵇ פ׳ מן האשה withdrew from contact with his wife. Gen. R. s. 20 שפֵּירְשָׁה חיה מאדם that Eve was separated from Adam.—Sabb. 86ᵇ פירשה מן האיש the semen issued from a man.—Pes. 49ᵇ שנה ופ׳ קשה וכ׳ he that studied and gave it up, is the worst of all (in hostility to scholars); a. fr. —2) to go on a voyage; to cross the ocean (cmp. פָּלַג Hif.). Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81ᶜ אסור לפָרֵשׁ לים הגדול it is forbidden to start on a sea voyage (during the festive week). Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ top עשיתי מְפָרֵשׁ וכ׳ I was crossing &c. Y. Meg. II, 73ᵇ top מְפָרְשֵׁי ימים voyagers on the sea; a. fr. —3) (act. verb) to separate. Gen. R. s. 22 אילו רצה המלך פֵּירְשָׁן ולא רצה המלך לפָרְשָׁן if the king desired it, he would separate them (the fighters), but the king does not wish to separate them; Yalk. ib. 38. —4) to specify, express clearly. Ib. א"א לפה לפָרְשוֹ no mouth can express it. Men. 91ᵃ דמְפָרֵשׁ when he (in making his vow) specified (‘sheep’ or ‘cattle’), opp. בסתמא. Gen. R. s. 6 אנשי … פֵּירְשׁוּ אותו the men of the Great Assembly said it plainly. Snh. VII, 5 עד שיְפָרֵשׁ השם until he mentions the Name expressly (uses the Tetragrammaton), opp. כִּינּוּי. Gitt. 36ᵃ שיהו עדים מְפָרְשִׁין שמותיהן that witnesses must sign their full names; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְפוֹרָשׁ, f. מְפוֹרֶשֶׁת; pl. מְפוֹרָשִׁים, מְפוֹרָשִׁין; מְפוֹרָשׁוֹת. B. Kam. 54ᵇ, a. fr. מה הפרט מפ׳, v. פְּרָט. B. Mets. 94ᵇ שלישית בשואל מפ׳ that the third paragraph treats of a borrower, is explicitly stated (Ex. XXII, 13). Sot. 38ᵃ, a. fr. שם המפ׳ the special Name (the Tetragrammaton), v. supra. Zeb. 53ᵃ, v. סָתַם. Ḥag. 22ᵇ ומה סתומות … מפ׳ וכ׳ if your undefined teachings are so well-founded, how much more your explicit teachings; a. fr. —5) to explain, interpret, define. Ned. 2ᵇ פתח … ומפרש ידות the Mishnah begins with kinnuyim …, and goes on explaining yadoth! Zeb. 13ᵃ ואין לי לפרש and I am unable to explain (the reason of the distinction between receiving and sprinkling the blood); אני אֲפָרֵשׁ I shall explain it. Ned. 81ᵃ דבר זה … ולא פֵירְשׁוּהוּ עד שפֵּירְשׁוֹ וכ׳ that question (Jer. IX, 11) was asked of prophets and scholars, and they could not explain it, until the Lord himself explained it (ib. 12). M. Kat. 16ᵇ; Ber. 18ᵃ לא פֵירְשׁוּ לך they did not interpret (the verse) to you; v. שָׁנָה I. Gen. R. s. 31 ולא פ׳ and did not explain (of what material the serpent was to be made); Y. R. Hash. III, end, 59ᵃ; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Meg. 3ᵃ, a. e. (ref. to Neh. VIII, 8) מפ׳ זה תרגום m’forash means interpretation.