Palach פָּלַח
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| פָּלַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | palach |
| Strong's number | H6398 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to cleave |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Palach (Hebrew פָּלַח, Strong's H6398) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cleave”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cleave, slice
1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cleave open or through
1b2) to cause to cleave open
1b3) to slice, pierce
1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cleave open or through
1b2) to cause to cleave open
1b3) to slice, pierce
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shred (1), cleaveth (1), asunder (1), forth (1), cutteth (1), strike (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | cut them up (1), he pierces (1), bring forth (1), one plows (1), pierces (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Palach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 4:39And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
Job
- Job 16:13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- Job 39:3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
Psalms
- Psalm 141:7Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).