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title: פֶּלַח — cleavage · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלַח (6400), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: cleavage. BDB 1906: n.f. cleavage, mill-stone. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּלַח

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«פֶּלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cleavage** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6400 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫לַח

### Glosses

a.mill-stone (3); slice (2); a.slice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cleavage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6400/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cleavage, mill-stone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6400/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Jb 41:16 cleavage, mill-stone (mill cleft betw. the stones? cf. GFMJu; 𝔗 פִּלְחָא);—פ׳ abs. Jb 41:16, elsewhere cstr.;— mill-stone, פ׳ רֶכֶב mill-stone of riding, i.e. upper stone, wh. is turned (cf. רֶכֶב), Ju 9:53; 2 S 11:21; פ׳ תַּחְתִּית Jb 41:16 lower mill-stone (sim. of hardness). cleavage, split hence slice פֶּלַח הָרִמּוֹן Ct 4:3 = 6:7 sim. of human temple (from colour; cf. Wetzstein in DelComm. Excurs. A); also פֶּלַח דְּבֵלָה slice of fig-cake 1 S 30:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 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 «פֶּלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6400/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.16/)

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לִ֭בּוֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝יָצ֗וּק כְּפֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃

*Word for word:* heart its \[is\].hard like a.stone and \[it.is\].hard like a.mill-stone lower

*JPS 1917:* His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

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[Song of Songs 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.7/)

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כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

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