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title: פֶּלֶת — Peleth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּלֶת (6431), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Peleth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּלֶת

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«פֶּלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Peleth** — 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:** 6431 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫לֶת

### Glosses

\[were\].Peleth (1); of.Peleth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Peleth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6431/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6431/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Reubenite Nu 16:1, Φαλεθ\[κ\]; read prob. פַּלּוּא (q.v.) so Gf Dr al. Judahite 1 Ch 2:33, Θαλεθ, Φαλεθ\[ατ\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6431/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.33/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹנָתָ֖ן פֶּ֣לֶת וְזָזָ֑א אֵ֥לֶּה הָי֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יְרַחְמְאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jonathan \[were\].Peleth and Zaza these they.were the.sons of.Jerahmeel

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

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[Numbers 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.1/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם בְּנֵ֧י אֱלִיאָ֛ב וְא֥וֹן בֶּן־פֶּ֖לֶת בְּנֵ֥י רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Korah the.son of.Izhar the.son of.Kohath the.son of.Levi and Dathan and Abiram the.sons of.Eliab and On the.son of.Peleth the.sons of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men;

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