--- title: פְּלַח — pay reverence to · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: פְּלַח (lemma:פְּלַח), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: pay reverence to. BDB 1906: vb. pay reverence to, serve. 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Assyrian palâḫu, fear, revere (and BH יָרֵא, פָּחַד etc.); Egyptian Aramaic פלח worship Lzb 351; 𝔗 פְּלַח serve, Syriac ܦܠܰܚ; Palm. פלחא soldier);— pay reverence to deity (usually ל acc.): Impf. 3 mpl. יִפְלְחוּן Dn 3:28; 7:14, 27; so Pt. act. פָּלַח 6:17, 21, pl. פָּֽלְחִין 3:12, 14, 18, and (acc. dei) v 17. pl. cstr. as n. פָּֽלְחֵי בֵית אֱלָהָא Ezr 7:24 servants of the house of God (+ priests, Nethinim, etc.). ### Jastrow 1903 פְּלַח: to till, work Pa. to serve man deity to worship to work with to compel to serve work, to subject to split, distribute to dig, till, work to make work, to subject, rule to be worked, tilled to be worked with to break through, be born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** to till, work. Targ. Ex. XX, 9 (Y. ed. Vien. Pa.). Targ. Prov. X, 5 (h. text אגר). Targ. Gen. IV, 12; a. fr.—3) to serve (man or deity); to worship. Ib. XIV, 4. Ib. XVII, 1 (h. text התהלך); a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ top לפָלְחִין בה, v. preced. Ib. נשי דפלחין כפלחין the wives of those who worship (on the Roman festivals) are to be treated like those who worship. Ib. כפלחין היא (not כפלחון), v. שָׁמְרַיִין. Bab. Ab. Zar. 11ᵃ פָּלְחֵי בה לע"א they worship the idol on it (the anniversary of death). Ib. 22ᵇ אם איתא דפַלְחֵיה וכ׳ if he had worshipped it, he would not sell it. Snh. 102ᵇ מ"כ פַּלְחִיתוּ לע"א why do you worship idols? Gitt. 57ᵇ פְּלַח לע"א worship (bow down) to \&c.!; a. fr.—4) פ׳ ב־ \[to work with,\] to compel to serve or work, to subject. Targ. Lev. XXV, 39. Targ. O. ib. 43. Targ. O. Gen. XV, 14; a. fr.—5) to split, distribute. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ bot. פלגא פְלַח ופלגא וכ׳ one half distribute (as bribe), and one half be thine. same, to dig, till, work. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 9 (v. supra). Targ. Ps. CXLI, 7. Targ. Is. XXXII, 17; a. e. to make work, to subject, rule. Targ. O. Ex. I, 13. Targ. I Kings V, 4; a. fr. to be worked, tilled; (with ב) to be worked with. Targ. Deut. XXI, 3. Targ. O. ib. 4. Targ. Ez. XXXVI, 9; a. e. to break through, be born. Targ. Job XXXIX, 3. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פְּלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.17/) הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א וּמִן־יְדָ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃ *Word for word:* if there \[is\].our God whom we \[are\].paying.reverence \[is\].being.able to deliver us from the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning and from hand your O king he.will.deliver *JPS 1917:* If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, He will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and out of thy hand, O king. [Daniel 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.18/) וְהֵ֣ן לָ֔א יְדִ֥יעַ לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֤י לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙לָא־אִיתַ֣נָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א נִסְגֻּֽד׃ס *Word for word:* and if not known let.it.be to you O king (diy).that to gods your not there we \[are\].paying.reverence and to the.image of.(the) gold which you.have.set.up not we.will.pay.homage *JPS 1917:* But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.' - ← previous: [פְּלֻגָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5dc_5bb_5d2_5b8_5bc_5d4.md) - next →: [פׇּלְחָן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e4_5c7_5bc_5dc_5b0_5d7_5b8_5df.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1508.md)