Hebrew word · H6404

פֶּ֫לֶט

vafelet

Pelet

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.47;

son of Caleb (H3612H) and Jahdai (H3056);

brother of: Regem (H7276), Jotham (H3147I), Geshan (H1529), Ephah (H5891I) and Shaaph (H8174)

§ Pelet = "deliverance"

1) son of Jahdai and a descendant of Caleb

2) son of Azmaveth and one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:47 וָפֶ֖לֶט and Pelet

    The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

    Here: From the root for escape or deliverance, so probably 'deliverance' or 'escaped one'. Another Pelet, from a different family, appears in 1 Chronicles 12:3.

  2. 1 Chronicles 12:3 וָפֶ֖לֶט and Pelet

    Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.