Lexical Definition

‎פָּלַס‎ pâlaç (paw-las') to envy ^H:V
a primitive root

make, ponder, weigh.

• properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road)
• also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)

1) (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance
1a) to weigh out
1b) to make level or smooth

See Greek: ἐπέρχομαι · ὁδοιπορέω · ὀρθός · παρασκευάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּלַס‎] verb Pi`el denominative weigh, make level (Phoenician ‎פלס‎ Pi`el make level (?) in proper names); — Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְפַלֵּס‎ Ps 78:20 2 masculine plural ‎תְּפַלֵּס֑וּן‎ Ps 58:3* (see below), etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎פַּלֵּס‎ Prov 4:26 Participle ‎מְפַלֵּס‎ Prov 5:11 —

1. weign out ‎חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תּפי‎ Ps 58:3* (figurative; but read perhaps ‎תָמָס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסְנָה‎ violence do your hands weigh out, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Bae Kau We).

2. make level, smooth (compare Gerber³²), with accusative of path (figurative), ‎מַעְגָּל‎ Prov 4:26; Prov 5:21; Isa 26:7, ‎נָתִּיב‎ Ps 78:50, ‎אֹרַח‎ Prov 5:6.

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