BDB6795
I. פֶּ֫רַע noun [masculine] leader (?); — plural absolute בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֺת Judg 5:2 for the leading of the leaders ( ᵐ5 A Be Bu and others, but uncertain; ᵐ5 B Symm , compare WeIsrael u. Jüd. Geschichte. (2), 97; Held.(2). 123 and elsewhere, for the loosing of locks [II. פֶּרַע], in vow of war; on these and other views see especially GFMon the passage ; conjectures also by LambertRÉJ xxiv. 140 GrimmeZMG 1(1896), 572 CheJQ July 1899, 561 [reading ברכו]); construct מֵראֹשׁ פַּרְעוֺת אוֺיֵב Deut 32:42 from the head of leaders of the foe ᵐ5 Di Steuern and others; Kn Ke Dr and others from the long-haired heads of the foe.