פֶּ֫רֶשׁ
pe.resh
Peresh
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Peresh (H6570): A Rare Biblical Term Peresh appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, making it one of the language's hapax legomena—words attested in a single biblical occurrence. The lexicon identifies it simply as "Peresh" without providing a translated definition, which limits our ability to determine its exact meaning from the data supplied. The single occurrence provides insufficient context to establish a clear semantic range or primary usage pattern. Given the extreme scarcity of attestation, Peresh holds limited significance for understanding broader biblical Hebrew vocabulary or theology. Its single appearance means it likely had minimal influence on biblical discourse and cannot be reliably connected to common themes or concepts. For scholars and readers, such rare words present interpretive challenges; without multiple contexts showing how the term functions in different situations, certainty about its precise meaning remains elusive. Any interpretation beyond what the lexicon explicitly states—or what emerges from examining that single biblical verse itself—would require external sources beyond the lexicon data provided here.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text