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title: פָּלַג — split · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלַג (6385), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: split. BDB 1906: vb. split, divide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלַג

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«פָּלַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **split** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6385 · **BDB:** פָּלַג

### Glosses

it.was.divided (2); divide (1); does.he.divide (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

split [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6385/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. split, divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6385/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. split, divide (NH chiefly in secondary meanings and deriv.; Arabic فَلَجَ divide, split; Aramaic פְּלֵיג, ܦܠܰܓ divide; Ethiopic ፈለግ ravine, stream; Assyrian palgu, canal);— Pf. 3 fs. נִפְלְגָה Gn 10:25; 1 Ch 1:19 was divided (earth). Pf. 3 ms. פִּלַּג Jb 38:25 cleave a channel for rain. Imv. ms. פַּלַּג (Ges§ 52 n) ψ 55:10 divide their speech (their counsels).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6385/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.25/)

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מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who? does.he.divide for the flood a.channel and a.path for.\[the\] storm of.thunder.claps

*JPS 1917:* Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

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[Psalms 55:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.10/)

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בַּלַּ֣ע אֲ֭דֹנָי פַּלַּ֣ג לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם כִּֽי־רָאִ֨יתִי חָמָ֖ס וְרִ֣יב בָּעִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* confuse Lord my divide tongue their (dm) I.have.seen violence and strife in the city

*JPS 1917:* Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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