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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 field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare;
he pours out my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
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