H6478 H6478
Peel, strip bark from branches (Genesis 30:37-38, Jacob's breeding strategy)
This verb in the Piel stem means to peel or strip bark from branches. It appears only in Jacob's breeding experiment with Laban's flocks. Genesis 30:37 describes Jacob peeling white stripes in fresh branches, then (verse 38) placing these peeled rods before the flocks at watering time. The peeling action created visual patterns Jacob believed would influence the offspring's appearance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To strip away bark or outer layers, revealing the inner wood. Spanish 'descortezó' (peeled/stripped bark) and French 'pelé' (peeled) precisely capture this action. Both occurrences describe the same event—Jacob's selective breeding technique. The Piel intensive stem emphasizes the deliberate, repeated nature of the peeling process, creating the striped and speckled patterns central to Jacob's strategy. 2×
AR["قَشَرَهَا", "وَقَشَرَ"]·ben["আর-ছাললেন", "ছেলেছিলেন"]·DE["er-geschält-hatte", "und-schälte"]·EN["and-peeled", "he-peeled"]·FR["et-pelé", "il-pelé"]·heb["ו-יפצל", "פצל"]·HI["और-छीला", "छीला-था"]·ID["dan-mengupas", "dia kupas"]·IT["e-peeled", "egli-peeled"]·jav["lan-piyambakipun-ngisiri", "piyambakipun-ngisiri"]·KO["그리고-깎았다", "깎았던"]·PT["descascou", "e-descascou"]·RU["и-ободрал", "ободрал"]·ES["descortezó", "y-descortezó"]·SW["alibambua", "na-akabambua"]·TR["soymuştu", "ve-soydu"]·urd["اور-چھیلا", "چھیلیں-تھیں-اُس-نے"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פָּצַל] vb. Pi. peel (NH Pi. split, divide; so Arabic فَصَلَ J.Aram. (Talm.) פְּצַל, Syriac ܦܨܰܠ; akin to בצל q.v.);—Pf. 3 ms. פִּצֵּל Gn 30:38 (obj. rods); Impf. 3 ms. וַיְפַצֵּל v 37 (c. acc. cogn.).