פרעוש

Hebrew

פרעוש

Alternative forms

• פַּרְעשׁ (parʿōš) (defective spelling)

Etymology

Root
פ־ר־ע־שׁ (p-r-ʿ-sh)

From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

פַּרְעוֹשׁ / פַּרְעֹשׁ • (par'osh) m (plural indefinite פרעושים, singular construct פרעוש־, plural construct פרעושי־)

1. flea

References

• “פרעוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H6550 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• פרעוש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he