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title: פָּלַשׁ — roll in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלַשׁ (6428), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: roll in. BDB 1906: vb. roll in. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלַשׁ

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«פָּלַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roll in** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6428 · **BDB:** פָּלַשׁ

### Glosses

roll (1); roll.\[in.ashes\] (1); roll.yourself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roll in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6428/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. roll in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6428/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. act of mourning, poss. roll in (dust, etc.; weakened from burrow into) (NH Pi. break open, or through; Assyrian palâšu, dig a hole; Syriac ܦܠܰܫ dig or break through; but connexion dub., Vrss mostly besprinkle oneself, Aq roll oneself);—Pf. 1 s. עָפָר הִתְפַּלָּ֑שְׁתִּי Mi 1:10 Kt (Qr Imv. -פַּלָּ֑שִׁי, others mpl. -פַּלָּ֑שׁוּ); Impf. 3 mpl. כָּאֵפֶר יִתְפַּלָּ֑שׁוּ Ez 27:30, so Imv. fs. הִתְפַּלְּשִׁי בָאֵפֶר Je 6:26 (cf. Mi 1:10 Qr); abs., mpl. הִתְפַּלְּשׁוּ 25:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּלַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6428/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.10/)

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בְּגַת֙ אַל־תַּגִּ֔ידוּ בָּכ֖וֹ אַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ בְּבֵ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה בֵ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה עָפָ֖ר הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי׃

*Word for word:* in Gath do.not tell at.all.(weep) do.not weep in Beth Leaphrah dust roll.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

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[Ezekiel 27:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.30/)

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וְהִשְׁמִ֤יעוּ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּקוֹלָ֔ם וְיִזְעֲק֖וּ מָרָ֑ה וְיַעֲל֤וּ עָֽפָר֙ עַל־רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם בָּאֵ֖פֶר יִתְפַּלָּֽשׁוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.make.heard on you (in) voice their and they.will.cry.out bitter and they.will.bring.up dust on heads their in (the) ash\[es\] they.will.roll

*JPS 1917:* And shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall roll themselves in the ashes;

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