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title: פָּלָה — be separated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלָה (6395), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be separated. BDB 1906: vb. be separated, distinct. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלָה

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«פָּלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be separated** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6395 · **BDB:** פָּלָה

### Glosses

I.will.make.separate (1); he.distinguishes (1); he.has.made.separate (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be separated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6395/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be separated, distinct [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6395/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be separated, distinct (‖ form of פלא q.v.; cf. Arabic فلو, فَلَا separate from sucking, wean; Ethiopic ፈለየ; separate, distinguish);— Pf. 1 pl. consec. וְנִפְלִינוּ Ex 33:16 and we shall be distinct, c. מִן pers. 1 s. נִפְלֵיתִי ψ 139:14 I am wonderful (viz. in bodily stature etc.); תָ thou \[י׳\] art wonderful (פלא 3). Pf. 3 ms. הִפְלָה ψ 4:4, וְה׳ consec. Ex 9:4; 1 s. וְהִפְלֵיתִי consec. 8:18; Impf. 3 ms. יַפְלֶה 11:7; Imv. ms. הַפְלֵה ψ 17:7;—of י׳, make separate, c. acc. Ex 8:18 (by treating differently); set apart ψ 4:4, but perhaps read חֶסֶד לִי (for MT חָסִיד לוֹ), hath made wonderful (his) kindness to me (Dy Gr Che We Du \[Bae ‘perhaps’\]), so 17:7 (cf. 31:22); distinguish between, בֵּין rei, Ex 9:4, בֵּין pers. 11:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «פָּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6395/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.4.4/)

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וּדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע בְּקָרְאִ֥י אֵלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and know (dm).that he.has.made.separate Yahweh \[the\].faithful for himself Yahweh he.will.hear when call I to him

*JPS 1917:* But know that the LORD hath set apart the godly man as His own; the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.

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[Exodus 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.4/)

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וְהִפְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בֵּ֚ין מִקְנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבֵ֖ין מִקְנֵ֣ה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹ֥א יָמ֛וּת מִכָּל־לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דָּבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.distinguish Yahweh between the.livestock of.Israel and between the.livestock of.Egypt and not it.will.die of all \[that belongs\].to.the.people of.Israel anything

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.'

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