פְּלָדָה

[פְּלָדָה] noun feminine usually iron, steel (origin dubious; steel in Arabic is , but Vulgar Arabic ; Syriac (in Lexicons); loan-word from Persian according to Lag^{Ges. Abh. 75}, compare Nö^{ZMG xxx(1876), 769}, but uncertain, compare Now and references); — plural [absolute!] בְּאֵשׁפְּֿלָדֹת הָרֶכֶב Nah 2:4 < ׳כָּאֵשׁ פִּלְדֹת וגו We Now, like fire the steel (fittings) of the chariots.