פָּלַח, (b. h.) to split; to dig, till; to cut out. Ex. R. s. 27 על מנת לפוֹלְחָהּ will you take this field with the condition that you will till it?; a. e.—2) to work for, serve, v. פּוֹלֵחַ.—3) to worship. Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 4 אינו אסור אלא לפוֹלְחִין בלבד it is forbidden to deal with those only who worship (on the Calendæ), contrad. to עושין who observe it as a holiday; (Ab. Zar. 8ᵃ לעובריה; Y. ib. I, 39ᶜ top לפלחין בה, Chald.).