STRONGS NUMBER H6400

H6400. pelach

מֶּ֫לַח‎ noun feminine Job 41:16 cleavage, mill-stone (mill cleft between the stones ? compare GFM^Ju; מִּלְחָא ᵑ7‎); — ׳פ‎ absolute 41:16, elsewhere construct; —

1.a. mill-stone, ׳פ רֶכֶב‎ mill-stone of riding, i.e. upper stone, which is turned (compare רֶכֶב‎), Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21; ׳פ תַּחְתִּית‎ Job 41:16 lower mill-stone (simile of hardness).

b. ׳פ דְּבֵלָה‎ 1 Samuel 30:12 a cake of figs (from shape ?).

2 cleavge, split, hence slice ׳פ הָרִמּוֺן‎ Song of Solomon 4:3=6:7 simile of human temple (from colour, compare Wetzst in De^{Comm. Excurs.A}).