פּוֹלִחַ, (פָּלַח) soldier, officer. Y’lamd. to Lev. V, 21, quot. in Ar., v. פָּגָן.—Pl. פּוֹלְחִין. Ib. to Deut. VII, 17, quot. in Ar. דרכן של פ׳ לובשין וכ׳ it is the custom of soldiers to wear nail-studded shoes. Ib. to Deut. XIX, 1, quot. in Ar. מוסרין … שני פ׳ וכ׳ they give each Israelite two soldiers to guard him.