פֶּלַח
pelach · millstone, slice
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6400 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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pelach (פֶּלַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “millstone, slice”.
Millstone; also a "piece" or "slice" of something round (a fig, a pomegranate). In Judges 9:53 and 2 Samuel 11:21, the upper stone of the hand mill.
How to say it
pe·lach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Heavy stone for grinding grain, especially the upper one.
- A cut part of something round, like a pomegranate.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- millstone ×3
- like a slice ×2
- piece ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 9:53
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on the head of Abimelech and crushed his skull.
- 1 Samuel 30:12
They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and his spirit returned to him, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
- 2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go near to the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”
- Job 41:24
Its heart is firm like stone, and firm like the millstone below.
- Song of Songs 4:3
Like a thread of scarlet are your lips, and your speech is lovely; like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.
- Song of Songs 6:7
Like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.