Aramaic

Verb

פרק • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to unload, to dismantle
2. to deliver, to depart
3. to redeem

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Verb

פָּרַק • ‎(parak) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. to unload

   פרק עול‎ ― parak ʿol ― to throw off a yoke (of law, morals, etc.)

Noun

פֶּרֶק • ‎(pérek) m ‎(plural indefinite פְּרָקִים, singular construct פֶּרֶק־, plural construct פִּרְקֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a chapter (of a book), a section

   הפרק הראשון‎ ― hapérek harishón ― the first chapter

   פרקי אבות‎ ― pirkeí avot ― Chapters of the Fathers

2. a joint
3. an episode (of a TV programme)

   יש תשעה פרקים בעונה הראשונה.‎

   yesh tish'á p'rakím ba'oná harishoná.

   There are nine episodes in the first season.

   יצאו ארבעה פרקים עד עכשיו.‎

   yatsú arba'á p'rakím 'ad 'akhsháv.

   Four episodes came out until now.

Descendants

• English: pereq

References

• “H6563”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• “פרק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

External links

• פרק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Borrowing from any of a number of European languages, but ultimately from Old French parc ‎(“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz ‎(“enclosure, fence”).

Alternative forms

• פארק excessive spelling

Noun

פַּרְק • ‎(park) m ‎(plural indefinite פַּרְקִים, plural construct פַּרְקֵי־)

1. park