BDB6635
[פָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic [untranscribed source text 4244] cleave; Aramaic פְּלַח (usually), [untranscribed source text 4245], are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); —
Qal
Participle
פֹּלֵחַ
Ps 141:7 of
cleaving, ploughing, בָּאָרֶץ (|| בקע).
Pi`el
Imperfect
1.
cleave open, through, 3 masculine singular יְפַלַּח of piercing kidneys Job 16:13,
liver Prov 7:23
(both figurative); וַיְּפַלַּח אֶל
2Kgs 4:39 of
cutting up (fruit) into pot.
2.
cause to cleave open, 3 feminine plural יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה
Job 39:3 of
animals bringing forth young; read perhaps תְּפַלַּטְנָה (Job 21:10).