Strong H6398פָּלַח

to cleave

Transliteration
pâlach
Pronunciation
paw-lakh'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {slice} that {is} break open or pierce: - bring {forth} {cleave} {cut} {shred} strike through.

Detailed definition

1) to cleave, slice
1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cleave open or through
1b2) to cause to cleave open
1b3) to slice, pierce

In the Bible

Strong H6398 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • asunder1
  • bring1
  • cleaveth1
  • cutteth1
  • shred1
  • strike1

First verses

  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 them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
  2. Job 16:13
    His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
  3. Job 39:3
    They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
  4. Psalms 141:7
    Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
  5. Proverbs 7:23
    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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