pa.lag describes separation, whether land is split or a channel is cut.

The attested uses show separation in differing settings: the land is described as divided in Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, while Job 38:25 names the cutting of a channel for rain torrents; Psalm 55:10 has an imperative form whose specific contribution is not clear in the translation.

1. Separating land or cutting a channel · dominant

   In Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, the Niphal perfect form occurs in the statement that, in Peleg's days, the land was divided; the APB renders the clause "the land was divided." In Job 38:25, the Piel perfect occurs in the question about who has "cleft a channel for the torrents of rain." Psalm 55:10 has a Piel imperative form, but the APB's rendering does not make its specific action visible.

   Genesis 10:251 Chronicles 1:19Job 38:25Psalm 55:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the land statements with "was divided" and Job 38:25 with "cleft a channel." In Psalm 55:10, the imperative form is not transparently represented in the translation.