Every Name in Tanakh

פֶּלֶג Peleg

Every verse in which this name stands — 7 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 113×7 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A son of Shem. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:25 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:25.

Genesis 10:25בראשית י:כה

וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן

And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Genesis 11:16בראשית יא:טז

וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

Genesis 11:17בראשית יא:יז

וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:19בראשית יא:יט

וַֽיְחִי־פֶלֶג אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־רְעוּ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles 1:19דברי הימים א א:יט

וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Peleg?

Peleg — פלג in Hebrew — has a gematria of 113 in the standard method.

How many times is Peleg named in the Tanakh?

7 times, first at Genesis 10:25.

A spelling is not a name. The written word פלג stands 10 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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