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title: פְּלֻגָּה — division · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלֻגָּה (6390), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: division. BDB 1906: n.f. division. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלֻגָּה

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«פְּלֻגָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **division** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6390 · **BDB:** פְּלֻגָּה

### Glosses

the.divisions (2); streams (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

division [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6390/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. division [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6390/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. division (= מַחֲלֹקֶת q.v.), of priests, for service;—pl. cstr. פְּלֻגּוֹת 2 Ch 35:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלֻגָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6390/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.17/)

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אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* not may.he.look on streams rivers of.torrents of.honey and curd\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.

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[Judges 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.16/)

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לָ֣מָּה יָשַׁ֗בְתָּ בֵּ֚ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ שְׁרִק֣וֹת עֲדָרִ֑ים לִפְלַגּ֣וֹת רְאוּבֵ֔ן גְּדוֹלִ֖ים חִקְרֵי־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* why? did.you.sit between the.two saddlebaskets to hear \[the\].whistling of.\[the\].flocks to the.divisions of.Reuben \[were\].great searchings of.heart

*JPS 1917:* Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

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