STRONGS NUMBER H6388


Word Summary
peleg: a channel, canal
Original Word: פֶלֶג
Transliteration: peleg
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-leg)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a channel, canal
Meaning: a channel, canal
Strong's Concordance
river, stream

From palag; a rill (i.e. Small channel of water, as in irrigation) -- river, stream.

see HEBREW palag

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6388. peleg

I. מֶּ֫לֶגnoun masculinePsalm 65:10 (cleft) channel, (artificial) canal; — usually plural מְּלָנִיםIsaiah 30:25 ( + יִבְלֵימָֿ֑יִם‎); construct מַּלְגֵימַֿיִםPsalm 1:3, simile Isaiah 32:2; Proverbs 21:1, metaphor 5:16, of tears Lamentations 3:48; Psalm 119:136; מְּלָגָיו46:5 (i.e. irrigating canals from river, metaphor); מַּלְגֵישָֿׁ֑מֶןJob 29:6 (figurative of prosperity); singular אֱלֹהִים מֶּלֶגPsalm 65:10, poetic of channel for rain (compare Job 38:25).