פֶּלֶךְ (pelek) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning whirl of spindle. It appears
10 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6418).
Also rendered
district
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1775a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1775a)whirl of spindle, district, circle, circuit; spindle, crutch; staff, participle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
פֶּ֫לֶךְnoun, masculine: whirl of spindle, district, circle, circuit
whirl of spindle. 2. district (properly circle, circuit)
Strong's H6418פֶּלֶךְ: a circuit (i.e. district); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch KJV:(di-) staff, participle
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1775: פלךplk — Root of: פֶּ֫לֶךְ whirl of spindle, district, circle, circuit