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title: פֶּלֶג — Peleg · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלֶג (6389), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Peleg. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Peleg** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6389 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫לֶג

### Glosses

Peleg (5); \[was\].Peleg (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Peleg [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6389/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6389/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Eber, Φαλεκ, 𝔊L Φαλεγ: Gn 10:25; 11:17, 18, 19; 1 Ch 1:19, 25, פָּ֑לֶג Gn 11:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1508/6389/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.25/)

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עֵ֥בֶר פֶּ֖לֶג רְעֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* Eber Peleg Reu

*JPS 1917:* Eber, Peleg, Reu;

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[Genesis 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.18/)

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וַֽיְחִי־פֶ֖לֶג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־רְעֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.lived Peleg thirty year\[s\] and he.fathered (et) Reu

*JPS 1917:* And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

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