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Peleg; proper name meaning 'division,' son of Eber, in whose days the earth was divided
The personal name Peleg (פֶּלֶג), derived from the root meaning 'to divide,' borne by the son of Eber and father of Reu in the line from Shem to Abraham. Genesis explains the name etiologically: 'in his days the earth was divided' (Gen 10:25), possibly referring to the scattering of peoples after Babel or to the division of irrigated land. All seven occurrences appear in genealogical contexts — the Table of Nations (Gen 10:25) and the lineage from Shem to Abraham (Gen 11:16-19), repeated in Chronicles (1 Chr 1:19, 25). Transliterations are uniform across languages: Peleg/Péleg.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — Proper masculine name פֶּלֶג, meaning 'division' or 'watercourse,' given because 'in his days the earth was divided' (Gen 10:25). Son of Eber and ancestor of Abraham through Reu, Serug, Nahor, and Terah. His genealogy appears in the Table of Nations (Gen 10:25), the Shemite lineage (Gen 11:16-19), and the Chronicler's condensed genealogy (1 Chr 1:19, 25). The LXX renders the name Φαλεκ/Φαλεγ. All occurrences are strictly genealogical; there are no narrative actions attributed to Peleg himself. Spanish Péleg and French Peleg preserve the Hebrew form consistently. 7×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["فالِج", "فَالِجَ", "فَالِجُ"]·ben["পেলগ"]·DE["Peleg", "[פלג]"]·EN["Peleg"]·FR["Peleg", "Péleg"]·heb["פלג"]·HI["पेलेग"]·ID["Peleg"]·IT["Peleg"]·jav["Peleg", "Pélèg", "Pélég"]·KO["벨렉", "벨렉은"]·PT["Peleg"]·RU["Пелег", "Пелега", "Фалек"]·ES["Peleg", "Péleg"]·SW["Pelegi"]·TR["Peleg", "Peleg'i"]·urd["فالج", "پلج"]
Gen 10:25, Gen 11:16, Gen 11:17, Gen 11:18, Gen 11:19, 1 Chr 1:19, 1 Chr 1:25
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. פֶּ֫לֶג n.pr.m. son of Eber, Φαλεκ, 𝔊L Φαλεγ: Gn 10:25; 11:17, 18, 19; 1 Ch 1:19, 25, פָּ֑לֶג Gn 11:16.