Lexicon
פָּלַס
pa.las
H6424
H:V Hebrew

to envy

6
Occurrences
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Hebrew
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pa.las describes making a path, track, or way level or straight in the supplied verses.

The attested use concerns leveling, straightening, or preparing a way: tracks of the righteous, a person's foot, and a path associated with anger are presented in these terms. The contribution in Psalm 58:3 is not isolated by the APB translation.

Senses in use

  1. Making a way level or straight · dominant

    In Proverbs 4:26, the Piel imperative addresses a man concerning the track of his foot; the APB renders the clause, "Make straight the track of your foot." Isaiah 26:7 and Proverbs 5:21 similarly place the form with the righteous person's track and a man's tracks, while Psalm 78:50 places it with a path for anger; the APB renders these clauses with "make straight," "makes level," and "prepared a path." Proverbs 5:6 also associates the imperfect form with "the way of life," rendered "Lest you level the way of life."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the relevant path clauses as "make straight," "makes level," "level," and "prepared a path." Psalm 58:3 does not visibly identify an English rendering for the form in that verse.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture