פִּלֶגֶשׁ

n.f. concubine (NH id.; 𝔗Jer פִּילַּקְתָּא (פַּלְקְתָא), perhaps influenced by Gk. παλλακή, παλλακίς (proposes young girl), Lat. pellex; orig. Gk. word according to StaG. i.380, cf. also LewyFremdw. 66 f.; on poss. Hittite origin v. JenZMG xlviii (1894), 468 ff.);—פִּ׳ abs. 2 S 3:7, cstr. 21:11, פִּי׳ abs. Gn 36:12; Ju 19:1, cstr. Gn 35:22 + 4 times; sf. פִּילַנְשׁוֹ 22:24 +, שֵׁהוּ- Ju 19:24; שִׁי- 20:4 + 2 times; pl. פִּלַגְשִׁים 2 S 5:13 + 2 times, פִּי׳ Gn 25:6 + 5 times; cstr. פִּלַגְשֵׁי 2 S 16:21, 22; sf. פִּילַגְשָׁיו 2 Ch 11:21, פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ 2 S 19:6, פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם Ez 23:20;— concubine Gn 22:24; 25:6; 35:22; 36:12; Ju 8:31; 19:1 + 10 times Ju 19, 20, 2 S 3:7(×2) + 7 times 2 S, 1 K 11:13; 1 Ch 1:32 + 6 times Ch, Est 2:14 Ct 6:8, 9. either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or concubinage Ez 23:20 (fig. of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).