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title: פָּלַס — weigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלַס (6424), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: weigh. BDB 1906: vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלַס

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«פָּלַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weigh** — 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:** 6424 · **BDB:** פָּלַס

### Glosses

he.made.level (1); you.make.level (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6424/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6424/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level (Ph. פלס Pi. make level(?) in n.pr.);—Impf. 3 ms. יְפַלֵּס ψ 78:50; 2 mpl. תְּפַלֵּס֑וּן ψ 58:3 (v. infr.), etc.; Imv. ms. פַּלֵּס Pr 4:26; Pt. מְפַלֵּס 5:11;— weigh out חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תּפ׳ ψ 58:3 (fig.; but read perhaps חָמָס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסְנָה violence do your hands weigh out, so 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Bae Kau We). make level, smooth (cf. Gerber 32). c. acc. of path (fig.), מַעְגָּל Pr 4:26; 5:21; Is 26:7, נָתִיב ψ 78:50, אֹרַח Pr 5:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «פָּלַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6424/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.7/)

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אֹ֥רַח לַצַּדִּ֖יק מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים יָשָׁ֕ר מַעְגַּ֥ל צַדִּ֖יק תְּפַלֵּֽס׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].way of the righteous \[is\].level.paths O.upright.\[one\] \[the\].track of.\[the\].righteous you.make.level

*JPS 1917:* The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.

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[Psalms 78:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.50/)

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יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* he.made.level a.path for anger his not he.kept.back from death life their and life their to the pestilence he.delivered.up

*JPS 1917:* He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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