Lexical Definition

‎פֶּלֶא‎ peleʼ (peh'-leh) wonder ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּלָא‎

marvellous thing, wonder(-ful, -fully).

• a miracle

1) wonder, marvel
1a) wonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing)
1b) wonder (of God's acts of judgment and redemption)

See Greek: θαυμαστός · τέρας · ὑπέρογκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫לֶא‎ noun masculine wonder (Late Hebrew id.; as unusual, extraordinary); — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 15:11 + 6 t.; suffix ‎פִּלְאֲךָ‎ Ps 89:6* ‎פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 77:12*; Ps 88:13*, plural ‎פְּלָאִים‎ Lam 1:9 feminine plural ‎פְּלָאוֺת‎ Ps 119:129; Dan 12:6 —

1. wonder: extraordinary, hard to be understood, God's dealings with His people Isa 29:14 the testimonies of the Law Ps 119:129 ‎פֶּלֶא יוֺעֵץ‎ Isa 9:5* marvel of a counsellor (Baer ‎פֵּלֶא‎), wonderful counsellor (of Messianic king); plural as adverb accusative ‎׳‎‎וַתֵּרֶד פ‎ Lam 1:9 she (Jerusalem) hath come down marvelously.

2. wonder: of God's acts of judgment and redemption Ps 77:12*; Ps 88:13*; Ps 89:6* ‎׳‎‎עשׂה פ‎ Exod 15:11; Isa 25:1; Ps 77:15*; Ps 78:12; Ps 88:11* of extraordinary trials ‎׳‎‎קֵץ הפ‎ Dan 12:6.

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