Lexical Definition

‎פָּלַח‎ pâlach (paw-lakh') to cleave ^H:V
a primitive root

bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.

• to slice, i.e. break open or pierce

1) to cleave, slice
1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cleave open or through
1b2) to cause to cleave open
1b3) to slice, pierce

See Greek: ἐμβάλλω · πλήσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּלַח‎] verb cleave (Arabic cleave; Aramaic ‎פְּלַח‎ (usually),, are till, work, serve [=‎עָבַד‎]); —

Qal Participle ‎פֹּלֵחַ‎ Ps 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 Prov 7:23 (both figurative); ‎וַיְּפַלַּח אֶל‎ 2Kgs 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot.

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

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