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title: פְּלֶשֶׁת — Palestina · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלֶשֶׁת (6429), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Palestina. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. Philistia. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלֶשֶׁת

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«פְּלֶשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Palestina** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6429 · **BDB:** פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

Philistia (4); O.Philistia (2); of.Philistia (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Palestina [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6429/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. Philistia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6429/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. Philistia, poet. and late;—פְּלָ֑שֶׁת (ישְׁבֵי) Ex 15:14 (Φυλιστιειμ; elsewhere (οἱ) ἀλλόφυλοι), Jo 4:4, elsewhere פְּלֶשֶׁת Is 14:29, 31 ψ 60:10 = 108:10; 83:8; 87:4; Assyrian Palastu, Pilistu, COT Gn 10:14 DlPa 288 f. Gk. Παλαιστίνη Herod. ii. 104, 106, vii. 89 JosAnt. i, 6, 2 (also Φυλιστίνου); v. Rel Pal. 73 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלֶשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6429/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.14/)

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שָֽׁמְע֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים יִרְגָּז֑וּן חִ֣יל אָחַ֔ז יֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* they.have.heard peoples they tremble anguish it.has.seized the.inhabitants of.Philistia

*JPS 1917:* The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

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[Psalms 83:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.8/)

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גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* Gebal and Ammon and Amalek Philistia with the.inhabitants of.Tyre

*JPS 1917:* Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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