King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6398
Transliteration: palach
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-lakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cleave
Meaning: to slice, break open, pierce
Word Summary
palach: to cleave
Original Word: פָלַחTransliteration: palach
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-lakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cleave
Meaning: to slice, break open, pierce
Strong's Concordance
bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through A primitive root; to slice, i.e. Break open or pierce -- bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6398. palach
[מָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic cleave; Aramaic מְּלַח (usually),, are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); —
Qal Participle מֹּלֵחַ Psalm 141:7 of cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ ("" בקע).
Pi`el Imperfect
1 cleave open, through, 3 masculine singular יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Job 16:13, liver Proverbs 7:23 (both figurative); אֶל וַיְּפַלַּח 2 Kings 4:39 of cutting up (fruit) into pot.
2 cause to cleave open, 3 feminine plural תְּפַלַּחְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן Job 39:3 of animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (21:10).