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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.
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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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
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