UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related names: פֶּלֶג

Related lemmas: מִפְלַגָּה · פֶּלֶג · פְּלַגָּה · פְּלֻגָּה

Sense 1: to be divided

Semantic domains: Divide (002003001006)

Core domains: Completeness (038)

Definition: = process by which an object is divided into two or more parts

Forms: vbnif-

GEN 10:25: RV GEN 10:25 · LV GEN 10:25 · Read together GEN 10:25

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OET-RV GEN 10:25

25 Ever’s two sons were Peleg and Yaketan. (Peleg’s name means ‘division’, because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided.)

OET-LV GEN 10:25

25 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr two _of sons it _was _born the _name _of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days _of_his the_earth/land it _was _divided and_name _of his/its_brother was_Yoqţān/(Joktan).

CH1 1:19: RV CH1 1:19 · LV CH1 1:19 · Read together CH1 1:19

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OET-RV CH1 1:19

19 Ever had two sons: Peleg (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘divided’, because in his lifetime, the earth was divided) and Yaketan.

OET-LV CH1 1:19

19 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr two _of sons it _was _born the _name _of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days _of_his the_earth/land it _was _divided and_name _of his/its_brother was_Yoqţān/(Joktan).

Sense 2: to cut a channel

Semantic domains: Flow (002002001007)

Core domains: Liquids (101)

Definition: literally: to divide; hence: = causative action by which deities create an opening for water to flow through

Forms: vbpiel

JOB 38:25: RV JOB 38:25 · LV JOB 38:25 · Read together JOB 38:25

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OET-RV JOB 38:25

25 Who cuts out the channels for the downpours to flow in,
⇔ ≈ and makes the path for thunderbolts?

OET-LV JOB 38:25

25 Who does _he _divide for_flood a _channel and_a _path for_the_storm _of thunder _claps.

Sense 3: to confuse speech

Semantic domains: Change (002001003002)

Core domains: Communication (041)

Definition: literally: to divide (someone's) tongue; hence: = causative action by which deities cause human communication to fail

Forms: vbpiel

Collocations: פלג לָשֹׁון

PSA 55:10: RV PSA 55:9 · LV PSA 55:10 · Read together PSA 55:9

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OET-RV PSA 55:9

9 Confuse them, my master, so their words don’t make sense,
⇔ because I’ve seen violence and strife in the city.

OET-LV PSA 55:10

10  Confuse my_master divide tongue _of_their if/because I _have _seen violence and_strife in_city.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פלג

Form 1

Sense 1: to be divided

Sense 2: to cut a channel

Sense 3: to confuse speech