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pē´leg
(פּלג,
pelegh,
“watercourse,” “division”): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The
derivation of the name is given: “for in his days was the earth divided”
(niphleghāh)
(Gen 10:25;
compare Luk 3:35,
the King James Version “Phalec”). This probably refers to the scattering
of the world's population and the confounding of its language recorded
in
Gen 11:1-9. In
Aramaic pelagh
and Arabic phalaj
mean “division”; in Hebrew
pelegh
means “watercourse.” The name may really be due to the occupation by this
people of some well-watered (furrowed), district (e.g. in Babylonia),
for these patronymics represent races, and the derivation in
Gen 10:25 is a later
editor's remark.
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Taken from: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor |
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