pelech · district; spindle; staff

What it means

pelech (פֶּלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “district; spindle; staff”.

A word with several senses: district (part of a region), spindle for spinning, and staff or crutch on which the weak man leans.

How to say it

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

1. The spindle, the rod used to spin wool or flax.
2. A part of a region, under a ruler.
3. A stick someone leans on to walk.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• district ×8
• spindle ×1
• staff ×1

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• Nehemiah×8
• Proverbs×1

• 2 Samuel 3:29

  May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not be cut off from the house of Joab one who has a discharge or a leper or one who leans on a staff or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks bread.”

• Nehemiah 3:9

  And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.

• Nehemiah 3:12

  And next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

• Nehemiah 3:14

  And the Dung Gate Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired; he built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

• Nehemiah 3:15

  And the Fountain Gate Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired; he built it and roofed it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.

• Nehemiah 3:16

  After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired as far as opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

• Nehemiah 3:17

  After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.

• Nehemiah 3:18

  After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.

• Proverbs 31:19

  Her hands she stretches out to the distaff, and her palms hold the spindle.

And 1 more times.