- PALLU separated, the second son of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:3); called
Phallu, Genesis 46:9. He was the father of the Phalluites (Exodus 6:14;
Numbers 26:5, 8). - PALMER-WORM (Hebrews gazam). The English word may denote
either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer
or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands (Joel 1:4; 2:25), the
wingless locusts, or the migratory locust in its larva state. - PALM TREE (Hebrews tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine.
It is described as “flourishing” (Psalm 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), “upright”
(Jeremiah 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Revelation 7:9).
“Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only
branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long,
bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen.” The
whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia,
i.e., “the land of palms.” Tadmor in the desert was called by the Greeks
and Romans Palmyra, i.e., “the city of palms.” The finest specimens of
this tree grew at Jericho (Deuteronomy 34:3) and Engedi and along the
banks of the Jordan. Branches of the palm tree were carried at the feast of
Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:40). At our Lord’s triumphal entrance into
Jerusalem the crowds took palm branches, and went forth to meet him,
crying, “Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of
the Lord” (Matthew 21:8; John 12:13). (See DATE.) - PALM TREES, THE CITY OF the name given to Jericho (q.v.),
Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16; 3:13. - PALSY a shorter form of “paralysis.” Many persons thus afflicted were
cured by our Lord (Matthew 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke
7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34). - PALTI deliverance from the Lord, one of the spies representing the tribe
of Benjamin (Numbers 13:9). - PALTIEL deliverance of God, the prince of Issachar who assisted “to
divide the land by inheritance” (Numbers 34:26). - PALTITE the designation of one of David’s heroes (2 Samuel 23:26);
called also the Pelonite (1 Chronicles 11:27).
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