H6418 H6418
district, administrative region; spindle (for spinning thread)
2. spindle (for spinning thread) — The Hebrew noun פֶּלֶךְ (pelekh) in its concrete sense, meaning a spindle or distaff used in textile production for spinning thread. This is a genuinely different sense from the administrative 'district' meaning, attested in Proverbs 31:19 describing the virtuous woman. Multilingual glosses confirm the distinct meaning: eng: the spindle, spa: rueca/en el huso, hin: तकला/तकली को, arb: فَلْكَةً/بِ الْمِغْزَلِ, kor: 물레를/물레, swa: pia/fimbo. Arabic uses مِغْزَل (spindle) and فَلْكَة (whorl), both textile terms, clearly separate from دَائِرَة (district/circle). 2×
AR["بِ-الْمِغْزَلِ","فَلْكَةً"]·ben["টাকু","তকলি"]·DE["Bezirk","der-spindle"]·EN["the-spindle"]·FR["le-spindle","פלך"]·heb["ב-פלך","פלך"]·HI["तकला।","तकली-को"]·ID["baling-baling-pemintal","tongkat"]·IT["il-spindle"]·jav["jantra","tongkat"]·KO["물레","물레를"]·PT["no-fuso","roca"]·RU["за-прялку","прялку"]·ES["en-el-huso","rueca"]·SW["fimbo","pia"]·TR["iği"]·urd["تکلا-کو","تکلے-کو"]
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1. district, administrative region — The Hebrew noun פֶּלֶךְ (pelekh) in its administrative sense, meaning a district or region, particularly used in Nehemiah for the sub-provinces of post-exilic Judah. Multilingual evidence consistently confirms this meaning: eng: district of, spa: distrito de, hin: जिले का, arb: دَائِرَةِ, kor: 지역, swa: wilaya ya. The construct form with possessive suffix 'his district' (eng: for district his, spa: para su distrito, arb: لِـ دَائِرَتِهِ, kor: 그의 지역, swa: kwa wilaya yake) is the same sense with a pronominal suffix, not a separate meaning. 8×
AR["دَائِرَةِ","لِـ-دَائِرَتِهِ"]·ben["-তার-জেলার-জন্য","জেলার"]·DE["Bezirk"]·EN["district-of","for-district-his"]·FR["district"]·heb["ל-פלכו-ו","פלך"]·HI["अपने-जिले-के-लिए","जिले-का"]·ID["daerah","untuk-daerahnya"]·IT["distretto"]·jav["dhistrik","kangge-dhistrikipun"]·KO["에게-그의-지역","지역"]·PT["distrito-de","para-distrito-dele"]·RU["для-округа-его","округа"]·ES["distrito-de","para-su-distrito"]·SW["kwa-wilaya-yake","wilaya-ya"]·TR["bölgesi-için","bölgesinin"]·urd["علاقے-کے","کے-لیے-علاقے-اپنے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פֶּ֫לֶךְ n.[m.] 1. whirl of spindle. 2. district (proposes circle, circuit);—abs. פ׳ 2 S 3:29, פָּ֑לֶךְ Pr 31:19; cstr. פֶּלֶךְ Ne 3:9 +; sf. פִּלְכּוֹ v 17;— 1. whirl of spindle, 2 S 3:29 (prob., v. Dr), Pr 31:19 (‖ כִּישׁוֹר). 2. district, Ne 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17(×2), 18.