H6398
פָּלַח
to cleave
1) to cleave, slice 1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleave open or through 1b2) to cause to cleave open 1b3) to slice, pierce
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[פָּלַח] verb cleave (Arabic cleave; Aramaic פְּלַח (usually),, are till, work, serve [=עָבַד]); —
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).
5 occurrences
II Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1)