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# פֶּלֶךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6418

**whirl of spindle** — used 2 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫לֶךְ: whirl of spindle district [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/#m2)

**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, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[the\] spindle (1); spindle (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 31:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.19/#tree)

יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* hands her she.stretches.out on the distaff and palms her they.grasp \[the\].spindle

*JPS 1917:* She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

[2 Samuel 3:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.29/#tree)

יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ יוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו וְֽאַל־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מִבֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֡ב זָ֠ב וּמְצֹרָ֞ע וּמַחֲזִ֥יק בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ וְנֹפֵ֥ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* let.them.whirl over the.head of.Joab and to all the.house his.father his and not let.him.be.cut.off from the.house of.Joab \[one.who\].suffers.a.discharge and \[one.who\].has.a.skin.disease and \[one.who\].takes.hold on the spindle and \[one.who\].falls by the sword and.\[one\] lacking of.bread

*JPS 1917:* let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6418.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6418/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).