פְ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת
𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕
Peleshet
Philistia
A geographical term referring to the territory inhabited by the Philistines, a group of non-Israelite coastal dwellers in the southern Levant, especially the southwestern maritime plain along the Mediterranean coast. In biblical usage, 'Pelesheth' designates the region controlled by the Philistines, not a nation or ethnos, but a territory or land area. The term appears poetically or in parallelism to denote the Philistine territory, especially as a neighbor and adversary to Israel and surrounding peoples. In later periods, the term became associated, in Greek and Latin adaptations, with a broader region ('Palestine'), though this is not its biblical sense.
Psalms 108:10 · Word #9
Lexicon H6429
| Lemma | פְּלֶשֶׁת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕 |
| Transliteration | Peleshet |
| Strong's | H6429 |
| Definition | A geographical term referring to the territory inhabited by the Philistines, a group of non-Israelite coastal dwellers in the southern Levant, especially the southwestern maritime plain along the Mediterranean coast. In biblical usage, 'Pelesheth' designates the region controlled by the Philistines, not a nation or ethnos, but a territory or land area. The term appears poetically or in parallelism to denote the Philistine territory, especially as a neighbor and adversary to Israel and surrounding peoples. In later periods, the term became associated, in Greek and Latin adaptations, with a broader region ('Palestine'), though this is not its biblical sense. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | Philistia |
SIBI-P1 Translation H6429-01
land of the migrants
| Morphological Notes | Feminine singular proper noun; geographic designation of a region. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun פְּלֶשֶׁת is a feminine proper geographic name derived from the root פלשׁ ('to roll, migrate'), denoting the territory associated with the migratory people known as the Philistines. Rendering it as 'land of the migrants' preserves both the territorial sense and the root-based identity embedded in the name. |
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SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Peleshet
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: land of the migrants |