פָּלַס

Biblical Hebrew

weigh — used 4 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

weigh tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פָּלַס: vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level (Ph. פלס Pi. make level(?) in n.pr.);—Impf. 3 ms. יְפַלֵּס ψ 78:50; 2 mpl. תְּפַלֵּס֑וּן ψ 58:3 (v. infr.), etc.; Imv. ms. פַּלֵּס Pr 4:26; Pt. מְפַלֵּס 5:11;— weigh out חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תּפ׳ ψ 58:3 (fig.; but read perhaps חָמָס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסְנָה violence do your hands weigh out, so 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Bae Kau We). make level, smooth (cf. Gerber 32). c. acc. of path (fig.), מַעְגָּל Pr 4:26; 5:21; Is 26:7, נָתִיב ψ 78:50, אֹרַח Pr 5:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [he is] observing (1); make level (1); she should observe (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 4:26 · tree →

פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃

Word for word: make.level the.track your.foot your and all ways your let.them.be.steadfast

JPS 1917: Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Proverbs 5:6 · tree →

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃פ

Word for word: [the].path of.life lest she.should.observe they.wander tracks her not she.knows

JPS 1917: Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.

On Mova

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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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