Pelach פֶּ֫לַח
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| פֶּ֫לַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pelach |
| Strong's number | H6400 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | millstone |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Song of Solomon (2) |
Pelach (Hebrew פֶּ֫לַח, Strong's H6400) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “millstone”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off
1a) mill-stone
1b) cleavage, slice
1a) mill-stone
1b) cleavage, slice
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | piece (6) |
|---|---|
| BSB | is like a slice (2), upper (1), piece (1), upper millstone (1), millstone (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Pelach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 30:12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Job
- Job 41:24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 4:3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
- Song of Solomon 6:7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
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).