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It conveys the idea of evaluating or considering something carefully, as one would weigh an object to determine its value or balance. In a broader sense, it can also mean to make a path straight or level, implying preparation or careful planning.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, weighing was a common practice in trade and daily life, ensuring fairness and accuracy in transactions. The metaphorical use of "palas" reflects the importance of justice, discernment, and careful consideration in decision-making. The concept of making a path level or straight is also significant in biblical literature, symbolizing moral integrity and righteous living.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>denominative verb from <a href="/hebrew/6425.htm">peles</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to weigh, make level<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>level (1), leveled (1), make (1), ponder (1), watch (1), watches (1), weigh (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">מָּלַס</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Pi`el denominative</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>weigh, make level</b></font> (Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">פלס</font> Pi`el <em>make level (?)</em> in proper names); — <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יְפַלֵּס</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-20.htm">Psalm 78:20</a>; 2masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">תְּפַלֵּס֑וּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/58-3.htm">Psalm 58:3</a> (see below), etc.; <em>Imperative</em> masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">מַּלֵּס</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4-26.htm">Proverbs 4:26</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מְפַלֵּס</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-11.htm">Proverbs 5:11</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>weign out</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תּפי</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/58-3.htm">Psalm 58:3</a> (figurative; but read perhaps <font class="hebrew2">תָמָס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסְנָה</font> <em>violence do your hands weigh out</em>, so <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Bae Kau We). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>make level</em>, smooth (compare Gerber<sup>32</sup>), with accusative of path (figurative), <font class="hebrew2">מַעְגָּל</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4-26.htm">Proverbs 4:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-21.htm">Proverbs 5:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-7.htm">Isaiah 26:7</a>, <font class="hebrew2">נָתִּיב</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-50.htm">Psalm 78:50</a>, <font class="hebrew2">אֹרַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-6.htm">Proverbs 5:6</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>make, ponder, weigh <p>A primitive root; properly, to roll flat, i.e. Prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. Weigh (mentally) -- make, ponder, weigh. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>יְפַלֵּ֥ס יפלס מְפַלֵּֽס׃ מפלס׃ פַּ֭לֵּס פלס תְּפַלֵּ֑ס תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃ תְּפַלֵּֽס׃ תפלס תפלס׃ תפלסון׃ mə·p̄al·lês mefalLes məp̄allês pal·lês Palles pallês tə·p̄al·lê·sūn tə·p̄al·lês tefalLes tefalLeSun təp̄allês təp̄allêsūn yə·p̄al·lês yefalLes yəp̄allês<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/psalms/58-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 58:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/58.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם <b> תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/58.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> On earth <span class="itali">you weigh</span> out the violence<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/58.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wickedness; <span class="itali">ye weigh</span> the violence<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/58-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the violence of your hands <span class="itali">weigh</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/78-50.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 78:50</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> יְפַלֵּ֥ס </b> נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/78.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He leveled</span> a path for His anger;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/78.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He made</span> a way to his anger;<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-50.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">leveled</span> A path his anger<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/4-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 4:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> פַּ֭לֵּס </b> מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Watch</span> the path of your feet<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Ponder</span> the path of thy feet,<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Watch</span> the path of your feet<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 5:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־ <b> תְּפַלֵּ֑ס </b> נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">She does not ponder</span> the path of life;<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Lest thou shouldest ponder</span> the path<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of life does not <span class="itali">ponder</span> are unstable her ways<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/5-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 5:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְֽכָל־ מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו <b> מְפַלֵּֽס׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the LORD, <span class="itali">And He watches</span> all<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the LORD, <span class="itali">and he pondereth</span> all his goings.<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all his paths <span class="itali">watches</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 26:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַעְגַּ֥ל צַדִּ֖יק <b> תְּפַלֵּֽס׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> O Upright One, <span class="itali">make</span> the path<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou, most upright, <span class="itali">dost weigh</span> the path<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the path of the righteous <span class="itali">make</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6424.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6424.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6424<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mefalles_6424.htm">mə·p̄al·lês — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/palles_6424.htm">pal·lês — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tefalles_6424.htm">tə·p̄al·lês — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tefallesun_6424.htm">tə·p̄al·lê·sūn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yefalles_6424.htm">yə·p̄al·lês — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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