Strong's Lexicon parat: To break forth, to spread, to increase Original Word: פָּרַט NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition perhaps divide NASB Translation improvise (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [מָּרַט] verb very dubious, Qal Participle plural הַמֹּרְטִים עַלמִּֿי הַנָּ֑בֶל Amos 6:5 (Late Hebrew break off, divide, so Syriac Strong's Exhaustive Concordance chant A primitive root; to scatter words, i.e. Prate (or hum) -- chant. Forms and Transliterations הַפֹּרְטִ֖ים הפרטים hap·pō·rə·ṭîm happoreTim happōrəṭîmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Amos 6:5 HEB: הַפֹּרְטִ֖ים עַל־ פִּ֣י NAS: Who improvise to the sound KJV: That chant to the sound of the viol, INT: improvise unto the sound 1 Occurrence |
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; Late Hebrew מְּרוּטָה, Aramaic מְּרִיטָא, small coin, change, hence) AW Ra AE Ki divide words into parts (in singing), AV chant; and Thes scatter (compare מֶּרֶט) empty words; possibly also would be stammer (of broken speech; said contemptuously): — (Arabic 
is precede, act hastily, IV. act extravagantly, talk immoderately (see further DrAm. 236), hence) AW (as alternative) improvise carelessly, idly.