Hebrew word · H6431

פֶּ֫לֶת

pelet

Peleth

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

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.16.1;

father of: On (H0203)

§ Peleth = "swiftness"

1) a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings

2) son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah

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

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 16:1 פֶּ֖לֶת Peleth

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

    Here: On's father, otherwise unknown in this tribe. Some link the name to Pallu, Reuben's son (see textual notes).

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:33 פֶּ֣לֶת Peleth

    The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

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