- פָּרַג
- פָּרַג(cmp. פרח) to break through, sprout. Hif. הִפְרִיג (sub. זרע) to sprout, germinate, produce withered growth. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to תפריחי, Is. 17:11) בבקר … ומצא אותה שהִפְרִיגָה in the morning he went to look at it (the garden planted with cabbage) and found that it (its growth) had germinated (and the cabbage was ruined); בערב היית … הרי הִפְרַגְתְּ in the evening thou wast fine and excellent, and in the morning, behold, thou art ruined; (Lev. R. s. 18 שהוריקה, v. יָרַק).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.