How to Pronounce Parah

PAY-ruh

Parah is pronounced PAY-ruh (ˈpeɪrə): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Parah mean?

Parah means “a cow; increasing”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Parah?

The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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