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title: פָּלַס — weigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלַס (lemma:פָּלַס), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּלַס · **BDB:** פָּלַס

### Glosses

\[he.is\].observing (1); make.level (1); she.should.observe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e1/#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, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.26/)

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פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* make.level the.track your.foot your and all ways your let.them.be.steadfast

*JPS 1917:* Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

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[Proverbs 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.6/)

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אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* \[the\].path of.life lest she.should.observe they.wander tracks her not she.knows

*JPS 1917:* Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.

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