Lexical Summary palach: to cleave Original Word: פָלַחTransliteration: palach Phonetic Spelling: (paw-lakh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cleave Meaning: to slice, break open, pierce Strong's Concordance bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through A primitive root; to slice, i.e. Break open or pierce -- bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6398. palach [מָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic cleave; Aramaic מְּלַח (usually),, are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); — Qal Participle מֹּלֵחַ Psalm 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ ("" בקע). Pi`el Imperfect 1 cleave open, through, 3 masculine singular יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Job 16:13, liver Proverbs 7:23 (both figurative); אֶל וַיְּפַלַּח 2 Kings 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot. 2 cause to cleave open, 3 feminine plural תְּפַלַּחְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן Job 39:3 of animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (21:10). |