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title: פֶּלֶךְ — whirl of spindle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלֶךְ (6418), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: whirl of spindle. BDB 1906: whirl of spindle district. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּלֶךְ

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«פֶּלֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whirl of spindle** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6418 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫לֶךְ

### Glosses

\[the\].spindle (1); spindle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whirl of spindle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whirl of spindle district [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. whirl of spindle. 2. district (proposes circle, circuit);—abs. פ׳ 2 S 3:29, פָּ֑לֶךְ Pr 31:19; cstr. פֶּלֶךְ Ne 3:9 +; sf. פִּלְכּוֹ v 17;— whirl of spindle, 2 S 3:29 (prob., v. Dr), Pr 31:19 (‖ כִּישׁוֹר). district, Ne 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17(×2), 18.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּלֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.19/)

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יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* hands her she.stretches.out on the distaff and palms her they.grasp \[the\].spindle

*JPS 1917:* She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

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[2 Samuel 3:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.29/)

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יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ יוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו וְֽאַל־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מִבֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֡ב זָ֠ב וּמְצֹרָ֞ע וּמַחֲזִ֥יק בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ וְנֹפֵ֥ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* let.them.whirl over the.head of.Joab and to all the.house his.father his and not let.him.be.cut.off from the.house of.Joab \[one.who\].suffers.a.discharge and \[one.who\].has.a.skin.disease and \[one.who\].takes.hold on the spindle and \[one.who\].falls by the sword and.\[one\] lacking of.bread

*JPS 1917:* let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.'

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