H6386 H6386
Divided, split; being partitioned or separated into parts (Aramaic)
This Aramaic passive participle appears in Daniel 2:41, in Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream statue. The divided kingdom of iron and clay represents a realm that is internally fragmented—united in name but divided in nature, strong yet brittle. The term captures political and social fracture: a kingdom that cannot hold together because its constituent parts don't bond. The image of mixed iron and clay that won't adhere became a powerful metaphor for unstable empires throughout history, regimes imposing unity on fundamentally incompatible elements.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An Aramaic passive participle in Daniel 2:41 describing the fourth kingdom in Nebuchadnezzar's dream as 'divided.' The term indicates internal fragmentation—a realm outwardly unified but inwardly split, like iron and clay that cannot truly merge. This division renders the kingdom unstable despite its strength, a powerful empire nonetheless vulnerable because it cannot achieve genuine cohesion among its disparate peoples or factions. 1×
AR["مُنْقَسِمَةٌ"]·ben["বিভক্ত"]·DE["[פליגה]"]·EN["divided"]·FR["diviser"]·heb["מחולקת"]·HI["बंटा-हुआ"]·ID["terbagi"]·IT["[פליגה]"]·jav["kapecah"]·KO["나뉘"]·PT["dividido"]·RU["разделённое"]·ES["dividido"]·SW["uliogawanyika"]·TR["bölünmüş"]·urd["بٹی-ہوئی"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פְּלַג] vb. divide (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH (chiefly late));— Pe. Pt. pass. fs. פְּלִיגָה תֶּהֱוֵה Dn 2:41 shall be divided.