פָּלִיל pâlîyl

Meaning

a magistrate

In the King James Version: judge.

Derivation: from H6419 (פָּלַל);

Where it is used

• Exodus 21:22 If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
• Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
• Job 31:11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.