פֶּלַחpelach

cleavage, mill-stone

Pronunciation: peh'-lakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6400

Meanings

1.

a. mill-stone (Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21; Job 41:16)

b. cake, (from shape?) (1 Samuel 30:12)

2. cleavge, split (Song of Solomon 4:3; Song of Solomon 6:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 9:53 a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
  • 1 Samuel 30:12 They also gave him part of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins, for he hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights. Before long his strength returned.
  • 2 Samuel 11:21 Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?’ Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.’”
  • Job 41:24 Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a millstone.
  • Song of Solomon 4:3 Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
  • Song of Solomon 6:7 Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.

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).