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title: פֶּלֶא — wonder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלֶא (6382), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: wonder. BDB 1906: n.m. wonder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּלֶא

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«פֶּלֶא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wonder** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 6382 · **BDB:** פֶּלֶא

### Glosses

wonder\[s\] (6); (of).wonder\[s\] (2); a.wonder (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wonder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6382/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wonder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6382/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wonder (NH id.; as unusual, extraordinary);—פ׳ Ex 15:11 + 6 times; sf. פִּלְאֲךָ ψ 89:6; פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ 77:12; 88:13; pl. פְּלָאִים La 1:9; fpl. פְּלָאוֹת ψ 119:129 Dn 12:6;— wonder: extraordinary, hard to be understood, God’s dealings with His people Is 29:14; the testimonies of the Law ψ 119:129; פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ Is 9:5 marvel of a counsellor (Baer פֵּלֶא), wonderful counsellor (of Mess. king); pl. as adv. acc. וַתֵּרֶד פ׳ La 1:9 she (Jerus.) hath come down marvellously. wonder: of God’s acts of judgment and redemption ψ 77:12; 88:13; 89:6; עשׂה פ׳ Ex 15:11; Is 25:1 ψ 77:15; 78:12; 88:11; of extraord. trials קֵץ הפ׳ Dn 12:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּלֶא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6382/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 77:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.12/)

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אֶזְכּ֥וֹר מַֽעַלְלֵי־יָ֑הּ כִּֽי־אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* I.will.remember the.deeds of.Yahweh (dm) I.will.remember from antiquity wonder\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* I will make mention of the deeds of the LORD; yea, I will remember Thy wonders of old.

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[Psalms 119:129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.129/)

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פְּלָא֥וֹת עֵדְוֺתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן נְצָרָ֥תַם נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].wonders testimonies your therefore it observes.them self my

*JPS 1917:* Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

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