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פָּלַח

«פָּלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: cleave — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 6398 · BDB: פָּלַח

Glosses

[one.who].plows (1); he.pierces (1); he.sliced.[them] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

cleave tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cleave tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. cleave (Arabic فَلَحَ cleave; Aramaic פְּלַח (usually), ܦܠܰܚ, are till, work, serve [= עָבַד]);— Pt. פֹּלֵהַ ψ 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ (‖בקע). Impf. cleave open, through, 3 ms. יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Jb 16:13, liver Pr 7:23 (both fig.); וַיְּפַלַּח אֶל 2 K 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot. cause to cleave open, 3 fpl. יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה Jb 39:3 of animals bringing forth young, read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (21:10).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «פָּלַח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 39:3

תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

Word for word: they.kneel.down young their they.cleave.open labor-pains their they.send.forth

JPS 1917: They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.

Psalms 141:7

כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃

Word for word: like [one.who].plows and [one.who].breaks.up (in) the earth they.have.been.scattered bones our to the.mouth of.Sheol

JPS 1917: As when one cleaveth and breaketh up the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth.

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