פְּלִילָה
𐤐𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄
pᵉlîylâh
H6415 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
A process or act of legal decision-making, legal case, or judicial procedure. Refers to the formal execution of justice, especially as enacted by a judge or legal authority within the context of community law. Can denote the legal hearing itself, the rendering of a decision, or even the legal principle underlying the judgment.
Semantic Range
legal process, judicial decision, legal case, hearing, judgment (formal), procedure of justice
Root / Etymology
From the root פלל (palal), meaning 'to intervene, mediate, judge,' with a focus on the act of arbitration or adjudication. פְּלִילָה is a feminine noun form; it derives from this root by nominal pattern to denote an action or process connected to the root's core concept of decision-making in a judicial or legal sense.
Historical & Contextual Notes
פְּלִילָה appears infrequently in the Hebrew Bible, often relating to formal court settings or communal legal proceedings (e.g., Deut 32:31; Job 31:13). In these contexts, it refers to the entire process or act of adjudication, not only the verdict but the deliberation as well. Unlike the more general מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, 'judgment, justice, legal decision'), פְּלִילָה emphasizes procedural formality or the legal contest itself, sometimes with a focus on fairness or the conduct of the judge. It does not carry a generalized sense of 'justice' or abstract 'right,' but rather the concrete process of rendering a decision or hearing a case. Later Jewish Aramaic and Rabbinic Hebrew terms related to פְּלִילָה develop more specialized meanings for court procedures. Standard English translations (e.g., 'judgment,' 'justice,' 'case') only partially capture its full scope, which includes the procedural and communal dimensions of legal redress.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
feminine of פָּלִיל; justice; judgment.
Bantu Hebrew
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פלל (p-l-l) — mediate, judge, intervene
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H6414 | פָּלִיל | by arbiters |
| H6416 | פְּלִילִי | judicial |
| H6417 | פְּלִילִיָּה | judicial proceeding |
| H6419 | פָּלַל | in his interceding |
| H6420 | פָּלָל | Palal |
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6415-01 |
פְלִילָ֔ה | felilah | HNcfsa |
justice | judicial proceeding | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6415-01 |
Isaiah 16:3 | פְלִילָ֔ה | felilah | HNcfsa |
justice | judicial proceeding |