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Lexicon :: Strong's H6398 - pālaḥ

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פָּלַח
Transliteration
pālaḥ
Pronunciation
paw-lakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1773

Strong’s Definitions

פָּלַח pâlach, paw-lakh'; a primitive root; to slice, i.e. break open or pierce:—bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6398 in the following manner: cut (1x), shred (1x), cleave (1x), bring forth (1x), strike through (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6398 in the following manner: cut (1x), shred (1x), cleave (1x), bring forth (1x), strike through (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּלַח pâlach, paw-lakh'; a primitive root; to slice, i.e. break open or pierce:—bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
STRONGS H6398: Abbreviations
† [פָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic bdb081201 cleave; Aramaic פְּלַח (usually),bdb081202, are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); —
Qal Participle פֹּלֵחַ Psalm 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ (|| בקע).
Pi. Imperfect
1. cleave open, through, 3rd person 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, 3rd person feminine plural יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 of animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (Job 21:10).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

4:39

Job

16:13; 21:10; 39:3

Psalms

141:7

Proverbs

7:23

H6398

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6398 matches the Hebrew פָּלַח (pālaḥ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:39

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One went out to the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment would hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, but they were unaware of what they were.[fn]

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his archers[fn] surround me.

He pierces my kidneys without mercy

and pours my bile on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 -

They crouch down to give birth to their young;

they deliver their newborn.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 -

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

turning up rocks,

so our[fn] bones have been scattered

at the mouth of Sheol.

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until an arrow pierces its[fn] liver,

like a bird darting into a snare —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

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