פָּלַג
pâlag · H6385 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to be divided
Process by which an object is divided into two or more parts
ExamplesGenesis 10:25 Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1:19 Two sons were born to Eber: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
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to cut a channel
Literally: to divide; hence: causative action by which deities create an opening for water to flow through
ExamplesJob 38:25 “Who has split open a channel for the flood, And a way for the thunderbolt,
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to confuse speech
Literally: to divide (someone's) tongue; hence: causative action by which deities cause human communication to fail
ExamplesPsalm 55:9 Confuse them, Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
- מִיwho? 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לָשׁוֹןtongue, language 1
- תְּעָלָהchannel 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 2
- לto/for+ שֶׁטֶףtorrent 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Non-Whole002003001021
- פָּלַג means to divide, as of the earth divided in the days of Peleg in Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19.
- Flow002002001008
- The word is also used of splitting open a channel for water, as of God's cutting a channel for the flood in Job 38:25.
- Change002001003002
- The word's picture of the earth's peoples being divided in Genesis 10:25 ties it to a fundamental change in the world's unified condition.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6385. palag [מָּלַג] verb split, divide (Late Hebrew chiefly in secondary meanings and…
[מָּלַג] verb split, divide (Late Hebrew chiefly in secondary meanings and derivatives; Arabic divide, split; Aramaic מְּלֵיג, divide; Ethiopic ravine, stream; Assyrian palgu, canal); —
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִפְלְגָה Gen 10:25 the earth was divided.
Pi`el 1. Perfect3masculine singular gL'Pi`el Job 38:25 cleave a channel for rain.
2 Imperative masculine singular מַּלַּג (Ges§ 52n) Psa 55:10 divide their speech (their counsels).
[מְּלַג] verb divide (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (chiefly late)); —
Pe`al passive feminine singular תֶּהֱוֵה מְּלִיגָה Dan 2:41 shall be divided.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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