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פְּלִילִיָּה

𐤐𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤄

pᵉlîylîyâh

H6417 noun

SILEX Entry

Root פלל to judge, to intercede, to decide

Definition

A legal proceeding, decision, or the act of adjudication; pertains specifically to the process or act of determining a legal case, often with an emphasis on the official judicial ruling or practice. The term conveys a procedural or institutional sense of law and judgment, not merely an abstract evaluation.

Semantic Range

legal proceeding, adjudication, judicial process, act of official judgment, forensic decision; occasionally decisive intercession with legal implications

Root / Etymology

From the root פלל (palal), meaning 'to judge, intercede, decide'. פְּלִילִיָּה is the feminine noun form, derived from פְּלִילִי (plilî), itself an adjective or agentive noun meaning 'judicial, functioning as judge/judicator'. The feminine form indicates the office, activity, or legal proceeding itself rather than the person performing the function.

Historical & Contextual Notes

פְּלִילִיָּה is a rare term, found only in Psalm 106:30 where it refers to Phinehas making 'judgment' or 'intervention' that halted a plague—a forensic act perceived as rendering legal decision or judgment at a critical moment. It differs from the more common שָׁפָט (shaphat, judicial act or judge), and מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, judgment, justice, decision) by emphasizing the process or institutional mechanism rather than the person (judge) or the abstract principle (justice). Standard English renderings ('judgment') do not fully bring out its sense as a formal adjudicative proceeding. In later Hebrew, the root provided terms for prayer or supplication (as intercession developed from legal to religious), but פְּלִילִיָּה retains a strict legal context in biblical usage.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine of פְּלִילִי; judicature; judgment.

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Root Family

פלל (p-l-l) — to judge, to intercede, to decide

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H6414 פָּלִיל by arbiters
H6415 פְּלִילָה judicial proceeding
H6416 פְּלִילִי judicial
H6419 פָּלַל in his interceding
H6420 פָּלָל Palal

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H6417-01 פְּלִילִיָּֽה peliliyah HNcfsa judgment judicial proceeding 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H6417-01 Isaiah 28:7 פְּלִילִיָּֽה peliliyah HNcfsa judgment judicial proceeding
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