pe.lach denotes a piece or segment, used of a millstone and of portions compared with fig cake or pomegranate.

The attested uses chiefly concern a piece or portion: a piece of fig cake in 1 Samuel 30:12 and pomegranate-like portions in Song of Songs 4:3 and Song of Songs 6:7. It also denotes a millstone thrown from a wall in Judges 9:53 and recalled in 2 Samuel 11:21; Job 41:16 does not allow its specific contribution to be isolated from the translation.

1. Piece or portion in food and comparison · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 30:12 the construct form occurs in the clause for giving food, where the APB renders “a piece of fig cake.” In Song of Songs 4:3 and Song of Songs 6:7, the construct form stands in comparisons involving cheeks and “a slice of pomegranate” behind a veil.

   1 Samuel 30:12Song of Songs 4:3Song of Songs 6:7
2. Millstone used as a thrown object · common

   In Judges 9:53 the construct form occurs in the account of a woman throwing an “upper millstone” on Abimelech’s head. In 2 Samuel 11:21, the same construct form appears in the recalled question about a woman throwing “a millstone” from the wall.

   Judges 9:532 Samuel 11:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “a piece of fig cake,” “a millstone,” “an upper millstone,” and “a slice of pomegranate” in the cited clauses. Job 41:16 does not make its specific rendering clear.