פְּצָלָה

petsala · peeled strip

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6479 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

petsala (פְּצָלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “peeled strip”.

Es. It occurs only in Genesis 30:37.

How to say it

pe·tsa·la

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. White bands left where the bark is peeled.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Genesis 30:37

    Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane tree, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was on the rods.