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(Heb. Pildash', ôַּìְãָּùׁ , according to Furst, for ôֶּìֶã àֵùׁ , flame of fire; Sept. ÖáëäÝò ), the sixth named of the eight sons of Nahor, Abraham's brother, by his niece and wife, Milcah (Gen_22:22). B.C. cir. 2046. “The settlement of his descendants has not been identified with any degree of probability. Bunsen (Bibelwerk, Gen_22:22) compares Ripalthas, a place in the north-east of Mesopotamia; but the resemblance of the two names is probably accidental” (Smith).