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title: פָּלַח — cleave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלַח (6398), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: cleave. BDB 1906: vb. cleave. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלַח

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«פָּלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cleave** — 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:** 6398 · **BDB:** פָּלַח

### Glosses

\[one.who\].plows (1); he.pierces (1); he.sliced.\[them\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cleave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6398/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cleave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6398/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cleave (Arabic فَلَحَ cleave; Aramaic פְּלַח (usually), ܦܠܰܚ, are till, work, serve \[= עָבַד\]);— Pt. פֹּלֵהַ ψ 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ (‖בקע). Impf. cleave open, through, 3 ms. יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Jb 16:13, liver Pr 7:23 (both fig.); וַיְּפַלַּח אֶל 2 K 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot. cause to cleave open, 3 fpl. יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה Jb 39:3 of animals bringing forth young, read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (21:10).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6398/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.3/)

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תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

*Word for word:* they.kneel.down young their they.cleave.open labor-pains their they.send.forth

*JPS 1917:* They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.

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[Psalms 141:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.7/)

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כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* like \[one.who\].plows and \[one.who\].breaks.up (in) the earth they.have.been.scattered bones our to the.mouth of.Sheol

*JPS 1917:* As when one cleaveth and breaketh up the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth.

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