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title: פְּלִילִי — for a judge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלִילִי (6416), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: for a judge. BDB 1906: adj. for judge, calling for judgment. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלִילִי

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«פְּלִילִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **for a judge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6416 · **BDB:** פְּלִילִי

### Glosses

calling.for.judgment (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

for a judge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6416/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. for judge, calling for judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6416/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. for a judge, calling for judgment;—עָוֹן פ׳ Jb 31:28 (on v 11 see פָּלִיל; Kue Ond. (2) 161 reads עֲוֹן פְּלִילִים in both v 11 and v 28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלִילִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6416/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.28/)

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גַּם־ה֭וּאעָוֺ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* also that \[is\].iniquity calling.for.judgment (dm) I.denied (to) God (from) above

*JPS 1917:* This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.

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