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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6398 - פָּלַח

Transliteration

pâlach

Phonetics

paw-lakh'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1773

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to cleave, slice
1. (Qal) to cleave, plow
2. (Piel)
  1. to cleave open or through
  2. to cause to cleave open
  3. to slice, pierce

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1685 ‑ ἐμβάλλω (em‑bal'‑lo); 4141 ‑ πλήσσω (place'‑so);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

2 Kings 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

BSB (5)

2 Kings 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

CSB (5)

2 Kings 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ESV (5)

2 Kings 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

KJV (6)

2 Kings 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LEB (5)

2 Kings 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LSB (8)

2 Kings 1

Job 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

N95 (7)

2 Kings 1

Job 4

Proverbs 2

NAS (7)

2 Kings 1

Job 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

2 Kings 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ASV (6)

and shred 1

as when one ploweth 1

asunder 1

he cleaveth 1

strike 1

themselves, they bring forth 1

BSB (5)

and bring forth 1

and cut them up 1

he pierces 1

one plows 1

pierces 1

CSB (5)

pierces 2

plows 1

to give birth 1

up 1

ESV (5)

bring forth 1

cut 1

one plows 1

pierces 1

slashes open 1

KJV (6)

asunder 1

cleaveth 1

cutteth 1

forth 1

shred 1

strike 1

LEB (5)

and cut 1

he slashes open 1

one plows 1

pierces 1

they bring forth 1

LSB (8)

bring 1

forth 1

open 1

pierces 1

plows 1

sliced 1

splits 1

through 1

N95 (7)

bring 1

forth 1

open 1

pierces 1

sliced 1

splits 1

through 1

NAS (7)

deliver 1

open 1

pierces 1

plows 1

sliced 1

splits 1

through 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

and shred 1

apart 1

as when one plows 1

strikes 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2608) h l p (פלהה PLHh) AC: Slice CO: ? AB: ?: The cutting off of a piece of something.

V) h l p (פלהה PLHh) - I. Slice:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Serve:[Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (15): (vf: Paal, Piel) cut, shred, cleave, bring forth, strike, serve, minister - Strongs: H6398 (פָּלַח), H6399 (פְּלַח)

N^f) h l p (פלהה PLHh) - Part: As what is sliced off. KJV (6): piece - Strongs: H6400 (פֶּלַח)

m^m) n h l p (פלההנ PLHhN) - Service: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (1): service - Strongs: H6402 (פָּלְחָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic

cleave; Aramaic מְּלַח (usually),

, are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); —

Qal Participle מֹּלֵחַ Psalm 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ ("" בקע).

Pi`el Imperfect

1 cleave open, through, 3 masculine singular יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Job 16:13, liver Proverbs 7:23 (both figurative); וַיְּפַלַּח אֶל 2 Kings 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot.

2 cause to cleave open, 3 feminine plural יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 of animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה ( Job 21:10).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פָּלַח to cleave, specially to furrow the ground, Psalms 141:7. (Arab. فلح id.; hence to till a field, فَلَّاحُ a husbandman. Compare Ch. and as to the origin under the root פָּלָא.

Piel

(1) to cleave, pierce, e.g. as a dart the liver, Proverbs 7:23; Job 16:13 to cut up, e.g. gourds, 2 Kings 4:39.

(2) to cause (young ones) to cleave the womb and break forth, i.e. to bring forth, Job 39:3. Compare פָּטַר.

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List of Word Forms

וַיְפַלַּ֛ח ויפלח יְפַלַּ֣ח יְפַלַּ֪ח יפלח פֹלֵ֣חַ פלח תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה תפלחנה foLeach p̄ō·lê·aḥ p̄ōlêaḥ tə·p̄al·laḥ·nāh tefalLachnah təp̄allaḥnāh vayfalLach way·p̄al·laḥ wayp̄allaḥ yə·p̄al·laḥ yefalLach yəp̄allaḥ