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  to work  Com.   plow, prepare for planting (land)  Qumran, Syr.  GenApoc 12.13 : שרית אנה ובני כולהון למפלח בארעא ונצבת כרם‏  I began, with all my sons, to work the land, and I planted a vineyard.  TgO Gen2:5 : וַאֲנָש לֵית לְמִפלַח יָת אֲדַמתָא‏  there was no one to work the ground. + ܒ‏ : to make use of, make something serve  JLAtg, Syr.  TgO Gen15:14 : וְאַף יָת עַמָא דְיִפלְחוּן בְהוֹן דָאֵין אֲנָא‏  I am also going to judge the nation that makes them serve them.   to put to work  JLAtg.  TgO Lev25:53 : כַאְגִיר שְנָא בִשנָא יְהֵי עִמֵיה לָא יִפלַח בֵיה בְקַשיוּ‏  he must be with him like one hired year by year and not make him work [MT: לֹא־יִרְדֶּנּוּ] under hardship.

  to labor at (work, job), work for  Com.

  to serve  Com.  TgJ Jer27:13 : עַמָא דְלָא יִפלַח יָת מַלכָא דְבָבַל‏  the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon.

  to worship  Com.  Dan3:14 : לֵאלָהַי לָא אִיתֵיכוֹן פָּלְחִין‏  you do not worship my gods.  4Q550 7:1 : אלהא ]עליא די אנתון דחלין ופ֯לחין הו ש֗ליט ב[כול א]ר֯עא‏ .  TgO Gen22:14 : בְטוּרָא הָדֵין אַברָהָם קדם יוי פְלַח‏  on this mountain Abraham worshipped the Lord.  PJ Gen28:22 : ויהון דריא פלחין עלה לשמא דייי‏  on it shall the generations worship the name of the Lord.

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  to make to labor  Qumran, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA.  TgO Ex1:13 : וֻאַפלַחוּ מִצרָאֵי יָת בְנֵי יִשרָאֵל בְקַשיוּ‏  the Egyptians made Children of Israel labor in hard conditions.  TgLam1:3 : משעבוד ומסגיאות פלחנא דהוו מפלחין באחוהון בני ישראל דאזדבנו להון‏  from the servitude and abundance of labor that they would impose upon the Israelite brethren who had been sold to them.

  to labor  JLAtg, CPA, Syr.  TgJ Ez29:20 : אַגרֵיה דְאַפלַח בַה יְהַבִית לֵיה‏  I have given him the wages he worked for. to do agricultural work  JLAtg, Syr.  TgJ Joel1:11 : בְהִיתוּ אִיכָרַיָא אֵילִילוּ מַפלְחֵי כַרמַיָא‏  the farmers were shamed, the vineyard workers lamented.

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  to be worked  Com.  TgO Deut21:3 : עַגלַת תוֹרִין דְלָא אִתפְלַח בַה‏  a bovine calf with which work has not been done. to be plowed, prepared for planting  JLAtg, CPA, Syr.  TgJ Is7:25 : וְכָל טוּרַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה דִבמַעדַר יִתפַלחוּן‏  all the mountains of Judah that would be worked with a hoe. (actions) to be performed  JLAtg, Syr.  TgJ Is14:3 : פוּלחָנָא קַשיָא דְאִתפְלַח בָך‏  the hard work done among you.   (birth labor) to be accomplished  LJLA.  TgJob39:3  †. to be worshipped  Com.

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 435a; DJBA: 912a; Jastrow: 1178; Levy Ch-W: 2:267; Tal Sam: 683; DNWSI: 914; Cook,Qumran: 191;

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Derivatives:

mplḥn nom.ag.C   taskmaster

pwlḥn, pwlḥnˀ (pulḥān, pulḥānā) n.m.(f.)   work; worship

pwlḥnw (pulḥānū, pulḥānūṯā) n.f.   working, employment

plḥ, plḥˀ (pallāḥ, pallāḥā) n.m.   workman

plḥ, plḥˀ (pālaḥ, pālḥā) n.m. #5   servitor

plḥw, plḥwtˀ (pālḥū, pālḥūṯā) n.f.   work

plḥn, plḥnˀ (pelḥān, pelḥānā) n.m.(f.)   work; worship