פָּלַס

palas · make level; weigh

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6424 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

palas (פָּלַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “make level; weigh”.

To make a path level; also to weigh, to consider something carefully, as on a scale.

How to say it

pa·las

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. Make a path even, clear its obstacles.
  2. To measure the worth of something as on scales.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • level ×3
  • He leveled ×1
  • he levels ×1
  • you weigh out ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 58:2

    Rather, in your heart you work injustices; in the land the violence of your hands you weigh out.

  • Psalms 78:50

    He leveled a path for his anger; he did not hold back their soul from death, and their life to the pestilence he gave over.

  • Proverbs 4:26

    Level the track of your feet, and let all your ways be firm.

  • Proverbs 5:6

    The path of life she does not level; her tracks wander, and she does not know it.

  • Proverbs 5:21

    For before the eyes of YHWH are the ways of a man, and all his tracks he levels.

  • Isaiah 26:7

    The path of the righteous is uprightness; you, Upright One, level the track of the righteous.