פרעה

עברית

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פרעה

/parˈʕoː/
[parˈʕoː]
/parˈʕo/
[pʰaʀˈʕoː]
/paʁ.ˈ(ʔ)o/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Egyptian pr:aA (pr-ꜥꜣ, “great house”), originally referring to the palace of the Egyptian king, but later on metonymically coming to refer to the king himself, hence the Hebrew sense.

Use as a proper noun occurs many times in the Bible; use as a common noun appears to be much more recent, and is perhaps due to influence from European languages.

proper noun פַּרְעֹה · par'ó

Pharaoh. וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כָּל־הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ

noun פַּרְעֹה · par'ó · פַּרְעוֹנִים · פַּרְעֹה־ · פַּרְעוֹנֵי־

historical pharaoh

In English

pharaoh supreme ruler of ancient Egypt

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {פרעה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}