פֶּ֫לַח
pe.lach
“millstone”
Definition
a slice
from H6398 (פָּלַח);
- cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off 1a) mill-stone 1b) cleavage, slice
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
פֶּ֫לַח appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,and your mouth is lovely.Your brow behind your veilis like a slice of pomegranate.
Your brow behind your veilis like a slice of pomegranate.
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