Midvash

פָּלַחpâlach

cleave

Pronunciation: paw-lakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6398

Meanings

Qal: of cleaving, ploughing (Psalms 141:7)

Pi`el

1. cleave open, through (Job 16:13; Proverbs 7:23; 2 Kings 4:39)

2. cause to cleave open, of animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (Job 39:3; Job 21:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 4:39 One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.
  • Job 16:13 and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood.
  • Job 39:3 They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.
  • Psalms 141:7 Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.
  • Proverbs 7:23 awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).