פָּרַד

פָּרַד(b. h.) 1) (to break through, run, v. פֶּרֶד II) 2) to break apart; to separate. Ukts. II, 6 הרמון שפְּרָדוֹ a pomegranate which one has cut in two (leaving the seeds in their sheathes; Maim.: שפֵּרְדוֹ, Pi., the grains of which one loosened by drying).Part. pass. פָּרוּד; f. פְּרוּדָה; pl. פְּרוּדִים, פְּרוּדִין; פְּרוּדוֹת. Succ.32a אם היה פ׳וכ׳ v. כָּפַת; Lev. R. s. 30. Toh. VIII, 8 אוכל פ׳ אינווכ׳ eatables divided into pieces are not counted together (to make up the required size for levitical cleanness). Ib. IX, 9 נמצא על גבי פ׳ (Maim. פְּירוּדִים) if the creeping thing is found on broken olives. Ib. פ׳ על גבי פ׳ pieces on top of pieces; a. fr. Nif. נִפְרָד to be separated, spread. Succ.III, 1 נִפְרְדוּ עליו if its leaves are spread, opp. to נפרצו. Hor.10b (ref. to Prov. 18:1) זה לוטשנ׳וכ׳ that means Lot, who separated himself from Abraham; a. fr. Pi. פֵּירֵד to separate, loosen. Ukts. II, 6, v. supra. Tosef.Shebi.VI, 29 מְפָרְדִין (ed. Zuck. a. oth. מְפָרְרִין), v. פֶּרֶד I. Y.B. Mets.II, 11b bot. המְפָרֵד בגרוגרות who separates dried figs; a. e. Hif. הִפְרִיד 1) to separate, estrange. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Prov. 16:28) שה׳ אלופו של עולם he (the serpent) caused the friend of the world (the Divine Presence) to withdraw; (Matt. K.; estranged the prince of the world (Adam, from God)). 2) (neut. verb) to branch off. Ib. s. 16 מֵפְרִיד ‘Rashi; Yalk. Deut. 801, v. פְּרָת. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵד, Nithpa. נִתְפָּרֵד 1) to separate ones self; to be scattered. Midr. Till. to Ps. 92:10 יִתְפָּרְדוּ כמוץוכ׳ let them be scattered like chaff before the wind; a. e. 2) (of pomegranates) to be cut apart. Orl. III, 8 נִתְפָּרְדוּוכ׳ if the pomegranates are cut; Tosef.Ter.V, 10.