פרסא

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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Related to פְּרַס (pəras, to divide).

Noun

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פַּרְסָא (parsām (absolute פְּרֵס (pərēs))

  1. a half-unit, such as a half-shekel or half-mina
    • Tanach, Daniel 5:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃
      ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn.
      And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN [a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels].
    • Tanach, Daniel 5:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      פְּרֵס פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ וִיהִיבַת לְמָדַי וּפָרָס׃
      pərēs pərīsaṯ malḵūṯāḵ wīhīḇaṯ ləmāḏay ūp̄ārās.
      PERES [half-shekel], thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.