פרף to clasp, fasten.
— Qal - פָּרַף PBH 1 he clasped, fastened; NH 2 he buttoned.
— Niph. - נִפְרַף MH 1 was clasped, was fastened; NH 2 was buttoned. [Denominated from Gk. porpe (= brooch, clasp), which is formed through reduplication and vowel gradation from the stem of peirein (= to pierce through, run through), whence also peron (= pin, brooch, buckle; the fibula), from IE base * per– (= to lead across, drive across, traverse, pierce). See פֶּר◌.] Derivatives: פָּרוּף, פּֽרִיפָה, מַפֽרֵף.
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