פֶּלֶךְ

Biblical Hebrew

whirl of spindle — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

whirl of spindle tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫לֶךְ: whirl of spindle district tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] 1. whirl of spindle. 2. district (proposes circle, circuit);—abs. פ׳ 2 S 3:29, פָּ֑לֶךְ Pr 31:19; cstr. פֶּלֶךְ Ne 3:9 +; sf. פִּלְכּוֹ v 17;— whirl of spindle, 2 S 3:29 (prob., v. Dr), Pr 31:19 (‖ כִּישׁוֹר). district, Ne 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17(×2), 18.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of the district (7); district (1).

In the verses

Nehemiah 3:9 · tree →

וְעַל־יָדָ֤ם הֶחֱזִיק֙ רְפָיָ֣ה בֶן־ח֔וּר שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

Word for word: and on hand their he.repaired Rephaiah the.son of.Hur the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Jerusalem

JPS 1917: And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 3:18 · tree →

אַחֲרָיו֙ הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם בַּוַּ֖י בֶּן־חֵנָדָ֑ד שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָֽה׃ס

Word for word: after him they.repaired brothers their Bavvai the.son of.Henadad the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Keilah

JPS 1917: After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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