H6424 H6424
To weigh, ponder, evaluate; to make level or smooth a path (Piel denominative from peles, 'scales')
A Piel denominative verb drawn from the noun for 'scales' or 'balance,' palas carries the vivid image of placing something on a scale to test its true weight. In one stream of usage, it describes weighing out or pondering actions and character, as when the psalmist accuses corrupt judges of weighing out violence (Ps 58:2). In the other, it means to make a path level and smooth, whether God leveling the way for the righteous (Isa 26:7) or the sage urging the pupil to make straight the track underfoot (Prov 4:26). The Spanish 'pesar' and 'allanar' neatly capture these two faces of the word.
Senses
1. weigh, ponder, evaluate — To weigh out, ponder, or evaluate, as if placing on a balance. Used metaphorically of moral reckoning: Psalm 58:2 accuses judges of 'weighing out violence' with their hands, and Proverbs 5:6, 21 speak of God pondering a person's paths. Spanish 'pesar/ponderar' and German 'wiegen heraus' preserve the weighing metaphor clearly. 3×
AR["تَزِنونَ","تُسَوِّيَ","يُسَوِّي"]·ben["তোমরা-মাপ","পরীক্ষা-করেন","সমতল-করো"]·DE["[מפלס]","[תפלס]","du-wiegen-heraus"]·EN["He-ponders","you-ponder","you-weigh-out"]·FR["peser"]·heb["מפלס","תפלס","תפלסון"]·HI["तोलता-है","तौलते-हो-तुम","समतल-नहीं-करती"]·ID["Dia-menimbang","engkau-menimbang"]·IT["Egli-ponders","peso'","voi-ponder"]·jav["manungsa","nimbang"]·KO["그-가-평탄하신다","네가-평탄하게함","달아도다"]·PT["pesa","pesais","ponderes"]·RU["взвешиваете","уравнивает.","уровняла-ты,"]·ES["consideres","pesáis","pondera"]·SW["a-na-sawazisha","mnasambaza","u-sawazishe"]·TR["düşünmez","tartar","tartıyorsunuz"]·urd["تَولتے-ہو","جانچتا-ہے","ہموار-کرے"]
2. make level, smooth (a path) — To make level or smooth, said of preparing a path or way. Proverbs 4:26 commands 'make level the track of your feet,' and Isaiah 26:7 declares God levels the path of the upright. Spanish 'allanar' (to flatten) and the English 'make level' converge on the road-preparation image, distinct from the evaluative sense. 3×
AR["تُمَهِّدُ","سَوِّ","مَهَّدَ"]·ben["তিনি-সমতল-করেছিলেন","সমতল-কর","সমতল-করেন"]·DE["[פלס]","[תפלס]","er-gemacht"]·EN["You-make-level","he-made","make-level"]·FR["[תפלס]","peser"]·heb["יפלס","פלס","תפלס"]·HI["उसने-समतल-किया","तौलता-है-तू","समतल-कर"]·ID["Dia-meratakan","Engkau-ratakan","Ratakanlah"]·IT["[תפלס]","fare-level","peso'"]·jav["Panjenengan-ngradin","Panjenengan-sampun-ndadosaken-rata","ratakna"]·KO["닦으셨나이다","평탄하게-하시도다","평탄하게하라"]·PT["Abriu-caminho","Aplana","nivelares"]·RU["Выровняй","пролагал-Он","уравниваешь-Ты"]·ES["Niveló","Pondera","allanas"]·SW["Alitengeneza","sawazisha","unasawazisha"]·TR["düzledi","düzleştir","hazirlarsin"]·urd["تو-برابر-کرتا-ہے","ہموار-کر","ہموار-کیا-اُس-نے"]
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
† [פָּלַס] vb.Pi.denom. weigh, make level (Ph. פלס Pi. make level(?) in n.pr.);—Impf. 3 ms. יְפַלֵּס ψ 78:50; 2 mpl. תְּפַלֵּס֑וּן ψ 58:3 (v. infr.), etc.; Imv. ms. פַּלֵּס Pr 4:26; Pt. מְפַלֵּס 5:11;— 1. weigh out חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תּפ׳ ψ 58:3 (fig.; but read perhaps חָמָס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסְנָה violence do your hands weigh out, so 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Bae Kau We). 2. make level, smooth (cf. Gerber 32). c. acc. of path (fig.), מַעְגָּל Pr 4:26; 5:21; Is 26:7, נָתִיב ψ 78:50, אֹרַח Pr 5:6.