פרסא

Related to פְּרַס‎ (pəras, “to divide”).

פַּרְסָא • (parsā) m (absolute פְּרֵס‎ (pərēs))

1. a half-unit, such as a half-shekel or half-mina
   • Tanack, Daniel 5:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃‎‎

     ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn.

     And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN [a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels].

   • Tanack, Daniel 5:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏פְּרֵס פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ וִיהִיבַת לְמָדַי וּפָרָס׃‎‎

     pərēs pərīsaṯ malḵūṯāḵ wīhīḇaṯ ləmāḏay ūp̄ārās.

     PERES [half-shekel], thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.