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Brown-Driver-Briggs מְּרָת proper name, masculine, of a river Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu DlPa.169 ff., Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu, SpiegAPK 211); — the greatest river of West Asia; ׳פ Genesis 2:14. ׳נְהַר פ Genesis 15:18; (both secondary phrases in J), ׳נְהַר פ also 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr, see נָהָר), Jeremiah 46:2,6,10; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4 (D), 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 24:7; 1 Chronicles 5:9; 1 Chronicles 18:3; נהר omitted Jeremiah 13:4,5,6,7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after SchickZPV iii. ll, think of some other מְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jeremiah 51:63; 2Chronicles 35:20 (compare Genesis 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see ׳נ. מֹּרָת Genesis 42:22 see [ מָּרָה]. Forms and Transliterations בִּפְרָ֑ת בפרת פְּרָ֑ת פְּרָ֔ת פְּרָ֔תָה פְּרָ֖ת פְּרָ֗ת פְּרָֽת׃ פְרָֽת׃ פְּרָֽת פרת פרת׃ פרתה bifRat bip̄·rāṯ bip̄rāṯ feRat pə·rā·ṯāh pə·rāṯ p̄ə·rāṯ peRat pərāṯ p̄ərāṯ peRatah pərāṯāh Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts