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title: פִּלֶגֶשׁ — concubine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּלֶגֶשׁ (6370), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: concubine. BDB 1906: n.f. concubine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּלֶגֶשׁ

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«פִּלֶגֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **concubine** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 37 times · **Key:** 6370 · **BDB:** פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ

### Glosses

concubine (13); concubines (9); the.concubine (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

concubine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6370/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. concubine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6370/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. concubine (NH id.; 𝔗Jer פִּילַּקְתָּא (פַּלְקְתָא), perhaps influenced by Gk. παλλακή, παλλακίς (proposes young girl), Lat. pellex; orig. Gk. word according to StaG. i.380, cf. also LewyFremdw. 66 f.; on poss. Hittite origin v. JenZMG xlviii (1894), 468 ff.);—פִּ׳ abs. 2 S 3:7, cstr. 21:11, פִּי׳ abs. Gn 36:12; Ju 19:1, cstr. Gn 35:22 + 4 times; sf. פִּילַנְשׁוֹ 22:24 +, שֵׁהוּ- Ju 19:24; שִׁי- 20:4 + 2 times; pl. פִּלַגְשִׁים 2 S 5:13 + 2 times, פִּי׳ Gn 25:6 + 5 times; cstr. פִּלַגְשֵׁי 2 S 16:21, 22; sf. פִּילַגְשָׁיו 2 Ch 11:21, פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ 2 S 19:6, פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם Ez 23:20;— concubine Gn 22:24; 25:6; 35:22; 36:12; Ju 8:31; 19:1 + 10 times Ju 19, 20, 2 S 3:7(×2) + 7 times 2 S, 1 K 11:13; 1 Ch 1:32 + 6 times Ch, Est 2:14 Ct 6:8, 9. either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or concubinage Ez 23:20 (fig. of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּלֶגֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6370/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.48/)

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פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁ כָּלֵב֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה יָ֥לַד שֶׁ֖בֶר וְאֶֽת־תִּרְחֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.concubine of.Caleb Maacah he.bore Sheber and (et) Tirhanah

*JPS 1917:* Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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[Song of Songs 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.8/)

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שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].sixty they queens and eighty concubines and young.women there.\[is\].not number

*JPS 1917:* There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.

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