Pâlach — H6398

Definition

verb

to slice, i.e. break open or pierce

1. to cleave, slice
1. (Qal) to cleave, plow
2. (Piel)
1. to cleave open or through
2. to cause to cleave open
3. to slice, pierce

Usually translated as

shred, bring forth, cleave, cut, strike through

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• embállō (G1685)
• plḗssō (G4141)

Occurrences

Pâlach occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1)

• 2 Kings 4:39 — And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred (וַיְפַלַּ֛ח) them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
• Job 16:13 — His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth (יְפַלַּ֣ח) my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
• Job 39:3 — They bow themselves, they bring forth (תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה) their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
• Psalms 141:7 — Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth (פֹלֵ֣חַ) and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
• Proverbs 7:23 — Till a dart strike through (יְפַלַּ֪ח) his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.