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פָּלַג (pâlag) v (paw-lag')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: to split (literally or figuratively)
KJV: divide.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

q.bl.aa

פָּלַג ] vb. split, divide

• Niph. the earth was divided

• Pi.

  • 1 cleave a channel for rain
  • 2 divide their speech (their counsels).

Appears in a total of 4 verses:

GEN 10:25

OET-LV: 25 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr it_was_born two_of sons the_name_of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days_of_his it_was_divided the_earth/land and_name_of his/its_brother was_Yāqəţān/(Joktan). (GEN_10:25)

OET-RV: 25 Eber’s two sons were Peleg and Yoktan. (Peleg’s name means ‘division’, because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided.) (GEN 10:25)

JOB 38:25

OET-LV: 25 Who does_he_divide for_flood a_channel and_a_path for_the_storm_of thunder_claps. (JOB_38:25)

OET-RV: 25 Who cuts out the channels for the downpours to flow in,
 ⇔ ≈ and makes the path for thunderbolts? (JOB 38:25)

PSA 55:10

OET-LV: 10  confuse my_master divide tongue_of_their if/because I_have_seen violence and_strife in_city. (PSA_55:10)

OET-RV: 10 Day and night they wander around the city walls.
 ⇔ Wickedness and trouble are in the middle of it. (PSA 55:10)

CH1 1:19

OET-LV: 19 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr it_was_born two_of sons the_name_of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days_of_his it_was_divided the_earth/land and_name_of his/its_brother was_Yāqəţān/(Joktan). (CH1_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 Eber had two sons: Peleg (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘divided’, because in his lifetime, the earth was divided) and Yoktan. (CH1 1:19)

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