H6388 H6388
Stream, water channel; a flowing watercourse used literally and figuratively for abundance or tears.
A poetic noun for a stream, channel, or irrigation canal — a flowing division of water (related to the root p-l-g, 'to divide'). The 'streams of water' beside which the righteous are planted (Ps 1:3) is one of the Psalter's most iconic images. The word also describes tears streaming like water channels (Lam 3:48, Ps 119:136) and channels of oil symbolizing prosperity (Job 29:6). In Psalm 65:9 the 'channel of God' is a vivid image of rain as heaven's irrigation. German 'Strome' (streams) and Spanish 'arroyos/canales' capture both the natural and engineered watercourse senses.
Senses
1. stream or water channel — A stream, channel, or irrigation canal — a divided watercourse. From the root p-l-g ('to split, divide'), the word denotes flowing water in both natural and figurative settings: the streams beside which the righteous flourish (Ps 1:3, echoed in Prov 21:1), abundant tears (Lam 3:48, Ps 119:136), channels of oil for prosperity (Job 29:6), and even the rain-channel of God himself (Ps 65:9). The multilingual glosses — Spanish 'arroyos/canales,' German 'Strome,' French reconstructed forms — all confirm a single underlying sense of flowing watercourse applied across literal and metaphorical domains. 10×
AR["جَداوِلَ","جَداوِلُ-","جَدَاوِلُ-","جَدْوَلُ","سَواقيهِ","سَوَاقٍ","سَوَاقِي-","سَيْلُ-","كَـ-سَوَاقِي","مَجَارِي"]·ben["জলের-নালার-মতো-","ধারা","ধারা-","ধারাগুলি","নদী","নদী-","স্রোত","স্রোত-","স্রোতগুলি-তার","স্রোতের"]·DE["Ströme-","[כפלגי]","[פלגי]","[פלגים]","der-Ströme-","sein-Ströme"]·EN["Streams","channels-of","its-streams","of-water","streams","streams-of","streams-of-","the-stream-of"]·FR["[כפלגי]","[פלגי]","[פלגים]","ruisseau","פלגי"]·heb["כ-פלגי","פלג","פלגי","פלגי-ו","פלגים","תעלות-"]·HI["जैसे-नालियाँ-","धाराएं-","धाराएं-उसकी","नदी","नहरें","नहरें-","नालियां-","नालों"]·ID["Aliran-aliran","Saluran-saluran","seperti-saluran-saluran-","sungai","sungai-sungai-","sungai-sungai-kecil","tepi-aliran"]·IT["channels-di","ruscello","streams-di","streams-of"]·jav["Kali-kali","Lepen-","kados-lèpèn-","kali","kali-kali","lepen","lepen-lèpèn-saking","lèpèn-lèpèn","lèpèn-saking","pang-pangipun"]·KO["같이-시내들-","개울-이","그-시내들-이","기름의-시내들을","내-를-위한","수로들-","시내-들-이","시내들과","시냇가들-에","흘러내렸나이다"]·PT["Canais-de","Canais-de-","Ribeiros","como-riachos-de-","cujos-ribeiros","o-ribeiro-de","riachos","ribeiros","ribeiros-de","rios-de"]·RU["Потоки","Потоки-","как-потоки-","поток","потоках","потоки","потоки-","потоки-её"]·ES["Arroyos-de","Canales-de-","arroyo-de","arroyos","como-arroyos-de","corrientes-de","ríos-de","ríos-de-","sus-corrientes"]·SW["Mito-ya","kama-mifereji-ya-","mifereji-ya","mito-ya","mito-ya-","mto","vijito","vijito-vya","vijito-vyake","vya-maji"]·TR["Kanallar","derecikler","dereleri-","kanallar-gibi-","kanalları-","kanallarının","kanalı-","kolları","selleri-","ırmakları-"]·urd["اُس-کی-نہریں","ندیاں","نہر","نہروں","نہروں-کی-طرح","نہریں","نہریں-","چشمے-"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. פֶּ֫לג n.m. ψ 65:10 (cleft) channel, (artif.) canal;—usually pl. פְּלָגִים Is 30:25 (+ יִבְלֵי־מָ֑יִם); cstr. פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם ψ 1:3, sim. Is 32:2; Pr 21:1, metaph. 5:16, of tears La 3:48 ψ 119:136; פְּלָגָיו ψ 46:5 (i.e. irrigating canals from river, metaph.); פַּלְגֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן Jb 29:6 (fig. of prosperity); sg. פֶּלֶג אֱלֹהִים ψ 65:10, poet. of channel for rain (cf. Jb 38:25).