Lexical Definition

‎פֶּלַח‎ pelach (peh'-lakh) millstone ^H:N-F
from ‎פָּלַח‎

piece.

• a slice

1) cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off
1a) mill-stone
1b) cleavage, slice

See Greek: κλάσμα · λειτουργός · μύλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫לַח‎ noun feminine Job 41:16* cleavage, mill-stone (mill cleft between the stones ? compare GFM^Ju; ᵑ7 ‎פִּלְחָא‎); — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute Job 41:16*, elsewhere construct; —

1.a. mill-stone, ‎רֶכֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ mill-stone of riding, i.e. upper stone, which is turned (compare ‎רֶכֶב‎), Judg 9:53; 2Sam 11:21 ‎תַּחְתִּית‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Job 41:16* lower mill-stone (simile of hardness).

b. ‎דְּבֵלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ 1Sam 30:12 a cake of figs (from shape ?).

2. cleavge, split, hence slice ‎הָרִמּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Song 4:3=Song 6:7 simile of human temple (from colour, compare Wetzst in De^{Comm. Excurs.A}).

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