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pē´leg (פּלג, pelegh, “watercourse,†“divisionâ€): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The derivation of the name is given: “for in his days was the earth divided†(niphleghaÌ„h) (; compare , the King James Version “Phalecâ€). This probably refers to the scattering of the world's population and the confounding of its language recorded in -9. In Aramaic pelagh and Arabic phalaj mean “divisionâ€; in Hebrew pelegh means “watercourse.†The name may really be due to the occupation by this people of some well-watered (furrowed), district (e.g. in Babylonia), for these patronymics represent races, and the derivation in is a later editor's remark.