Pelach פֶּ֫לַח

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Pelach
פֶּ֫לַח
Transliterationpelach
Strong's numberH6400
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossmillstone
Occurrences6 in 6 verses
Most frequent inSong 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpiece (6)
BSBis 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

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Job

Song of Solomon

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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