פרה

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): [paˈʁa]

Compare Arabic بقرة‎ and its root Arabic ب ق ر‎ (b q r), Phoenician 𐤐𐤓‎ (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא‎/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ‎, Aramaic פּרי‎/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܝ‎, Egyptian

(prj, “to come forth”).

פָּרָה • (pará) (pa'al construction)

1. (poetic, biblical) to bear fruit

   (literally) to bring forth, grow fruit

   (figurative) to be fruitful, multiply, increase

פָּרָה • (pará) f (plural indefinite פָּרוֹת‎, singular construct פָּרַת־‎, plural construct פָּרוֹת־‎, masculine counterpart פַּר‎) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. cow, heifer
   • Numbers 19:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל׃‎‎

     Zot ḥuqát ha-toráh ashér tzivá YHWH lemór: dabér el b'néi Yisraél v'yiq'ḥú eilékha fara adumá ashér ein bah mum ashér lo 'aláh 'aleha 'ol.

     This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bechorot 1:2:

     ‏פָּרָה שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין חֲמוֹר, וַחֲמוֹר שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין סוּס, פָּטוּר מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה‎

     Paráh she-yaldáh k-min ḥamór, va-ḥamór she-yaldah k-min sus, patur min ha-b'khorah.

     A cow that births what looks like a donkey, or a donkey that births what looks like a horse, these are exempt from the firstborn offering.

• פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ‎
• פָּרָה פָּרָה‎ (pará pará)

• H6510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible