1. Euphrates (river, proper name) — The Hebrew proper noun פְּרָת (Perat), the Euphrates River, one of the four rivers of Eden and a major geographical boundary in the ancient Near East. All four clusters refer to the same river with only syntactic variation: standalone (eng: Euphrates/Pherat, spa: Éufrates, hin: फरात/फ़रात, arb: الْفُرَاتِ/الْفُرَاتُ, kor: 유프라테스/유프라데스, swa: Frati), directional he suffix (eng: Euphrates-ward, spa: al Eufrates, arb: إِلَى الفُرَاتِ, kor: 유프라데스로), alternate vocalization (eng: Perat, spa: Éufrates, hin: परात, arb: الْفُرَاتِ, swa: Frati), and with preposition beth (eng: by Euphrates, spa: en el Eufrates, hin: फरात में, arb: فِي الفُرَاتِ, kor: 유프라데스에서, swa: kwa Frati). No semantic distinction exists. 19×
AR["(الفُراتِ)","إِلَى-الفُرَاتِ","الفُرات","الفُراتِ","الْفُراتِ","الْفُرَاتُ","الْفُرَاتِ","فِي-الفُرَاتِ"]·ben["-কাছে","-ফরাত","ফরাত","ফরাতে","ফরাতের","ফরাৎ"]·DE["Eufrat","Euphrat","Euphrates","Perat","Perath","[פרת]","in-Eufrat"]·EN["Euphrates","Euphrates-ward","Perat","Perath","Pherat","by-Euphrates","the-Perat"]·FR["Euphrate","Euphrates","Perat","Perath","[פרת]"]·heb["(פרת)","ב-פרת","פרת","פרתה"]·HI["परात","परात-पर","फरात","फरात-के","फरात-को","फरात-में","फ़रत","फ़रात"]·ID["Efrat","di-Efrat"]·IT["Eufrate","Euphrates","Perat","Perath","[פרת]"]·jav["Efrat","dhateng-Éfrat","ing-Éfrat","Èfrat","Éfrat"]·KO["유브라데","유프라데스","유프라데스-에서","유프라데스로","유프라데스의","유프라테스","유프라테스의"]·PT["Eufrates","Perat","a-Perat","a-Perat,","em-Perat,","é-Eufrates"]·RU["Евфрат","Евфрате","Перат","Перата","Прат","к-Евфрату","у-Евфрата"]·ES["(Eufrates)","al-Eufrates","el-Éufrates","en-el-Eufrates","Éufrates"]·SW["Frati","kumweka","kwa-Frati","pּrat"]·TR["Fırat","Fırat'a","Fırat'a-","Fırat'ta","Fırat'ta-","Fırat'ın"]·urd["(فرات۔)","فرات","فرات-میں","فرات-کو","فرات-کے"]
Gen 2:14, Gen 15:18, Deut 1:7, Deut 11:24, Josh 1:4, 2 Sam 8:3, 2 Kgs 23:29, 2 Kgs 24:7, 1 Chr 5:9, 1 Chr 18:3, 2 Chr 35:20, Jer 13:4 (+7 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פְּרָת n.pr. flum. Euphrates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu DlPa 169 ff., whence OPers. Ufrâtu, SpiegAPK 211);—the greatest river of W. Asia; פ׳ Gn 2:14, נְהַר פ׳ 15:18 (both secondary phrases in J), נְהַר פ׳ also 2 S 8:3 (Qr, v. נָהָר), Je 46:2, 6, 10 Dt 1:7; 11:24; Jos 1:4 (D), 2 K 23:29; 24:7; 1 Ch 5:9; 18:3; נהר om. Je 13:4, 5, 6, 7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after SchickZPV iii. 11, think of some…