Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
מָּרַח verb bud, sprout, shoot (NT Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew
Hiph`il 2; Ecclus
פרח Qal = flourish,
Hiph`il causative, Ecclesiasticus 49:10; Ecclesiasticus 40:19; Arabic II. hatch, also sprout, young of bird (see אֶפְרֹחַ below), twig, sprout; Assyrian pir—u, noun sprout; — on meaning compare GFMJBL x (1891), 57); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ Ezekiel 7:10 +, etc; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרַח Hosea 14:6 +, 3 feminine plural תִּפְרַחְנָה Isaiah 66:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute מָּרֹחַ Isaiah 35:2; construct בִּפְרֹךְ Psalm 92:8; Participle feminine מֹּרַ֫חַת Genesis 40:10; — bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine Genesis 40:10 (E), Hosea 14:8 (simile), Songs 6:11; Songs 7:13; fig-tree Habakkuk 3:17 (< ᵐ5 We Now תִּפְרֶח); rods Numbers 17:20; Numbers 17:23; metaphor of restored Israel Hosea 14:6; Isaiah 27:6, compare of bones Isaiah 66:14 (כַּדֶּשֶׁא); of righteous Psalm 72:7; Psalm 92:13; Proverbs 11:28; of wicked (כְּמוֺ עֵשֶׂב) Psalm 92:8; also of steppe (עֲרָבָה) Isaiah 35:1, מָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח Isaiah 35:2; figurative of judgment Hosea 10:4 (כָּראֹשׁ; but on text see Now); of זָדוֺן (q. v. p. 268) Ezekiel 7:10.
Hiph`il Perfect1singular הִפְרַחְתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; Imperfect יַפְרִחַ Job 14:9, etc.; —
1 cause to bud or sprout, with accusative עֵץ Ezekiel 17:24, זֶרַע Isaiah 17:11, both figurative
2 shew buds, sprouts, of tree Job 14:9; figurative of righteous Psalm 92:14; = flourish, of אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים, Proverbs 14:11 (all
Qal in ִ֯ according to BaZMG xliii (1889), 180 f.).
II. מָּרַח verb break out, of leprosy and like eruptions (in P) (usually taken as = I. ׳פ, but dubious; Late Hebrew id., also decay, ferment VogelstLandwirthschaft 22; Syriac spread, of leprosy, etc.; NS. leprous spots); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ Leviticus 13:39 (of בֹּהַקִ), ׳וּפ consecutive Leviticus 14:43 (of נֶגַע); of צָרַעַת3feminine singular מָּרָ֑חָה Leviticus 13:20,25, also Imperfect3feminine singular + Infinitive absolute מָּרוֺחַ תִּפְרַח Leviticus 13:12, and Participle feminine מֹּרַחַת see 42; of שְׁחִין Participle masculine מֹּרֵחַ Exodus 9:9,10.
III. [מָּרַח] verb fly, Aramaism, si vera lectio (Late Hebrew id., especially fly away; Aramaic מְּרַח, fly; insect, bird); —
Qal Participle feminine plural לְפֹרְחוֺת Ezekiel 13:20 (twice in verse) for (like ?) flying things, i. e. birds, but strike out ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi Siegf in va (where probably insert from vb); Co Toy Berthol Krae in va; vb.