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Strong's #6398 - פָּלַח
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- to cleave, slice
- (Qal) to cleave, plow
- (Piel)
- to cleave open or through
- to cause to cleave open
- to slice, pierce
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2608) hlp (פלהה PLHh) AC: Slice CO: ? AB: ?: The cutting off of a piece of something.
V) hlp (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)
Nf) hlp (פלהה PLHh) - Part: As what is sliced off. KJV (6): piece - Strongs: H6400 (פֶּלַח)
mm) nhlp (פלההנ PLHhN) - Service: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (1): service - Strongs: H6402 (פָּלְחָן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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).
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.