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title: פֶּלֶג — channel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלֶג (6388), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: channel. BDB 1906: n.m. channel canal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּלֶג

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«פֶּלֶג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **channel** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6388 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫לג

### Glosses

streams (8); \[is\].streams (1); the.stream (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

channel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6388/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. channel canal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6388/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 65:10 (cleft) channel, (artif.) canal;—usually pl. פְּלָגִים Is 30:25 (+ יִבְלֵי־מָ֑יִם); cstr. פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם ψ 1:3, sim. Is 32:2; Pr 21:1, metaph. 5:16, of tears La 3:48 ψ 119:136; פְּלָגָיו ψ 46:5 (i.e. irrigating canals from river, metaph.); פַּלְגֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן Jb 29:6 (fig. of prosperity); sg. פֶּלֶג אֱלֹהִים ψ 65:10, poet. of channel for rain (cf. Jb 38:25).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «פֶּלֶג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6388/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 46:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.5/)

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נָהָ֗ר פְּלָגָ֗יו יְשַׂמְּח֥וּ עִיר־אֱלֹהִ֑ים קְ֝דֹ֗שׁ מִשְׁכְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* a.river streams its they.make.glad the.city of.God the.holy.\[place\] of.the.dwellings of.the.Most.High

*JPS 1917:* There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holiest dwelling-place of the Most High.

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[Psalms 119:136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.136/)

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פַּלְגֵי־מַ֭יִם יָרְד֣וּ עֵינָ֑י עַ֝֗ל לֹא־שָׁמְר֥וּ תוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* streams of.water they.have.gone.down eyes my because not people.keep law your

*JPS 1917:* Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not Thy law.

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