פִּלֵּל
Meanings
Pi'el verb
1. to arbitrate, intercede (Biblical)
2. to supplicate, pray (Mishnaic)
3. think, suppose (deem or judge something as) (Biblical)
4. to hope, wish (Modern Israeli)
Pronunciation
pilél
Examples2
וְיַעֲמֹד פִּינְחָס וִיפַלֵּל וְתַעֲצֹר הַמַּגֵּפָה׃
Phinehas stood up and arbitrated [by slaying the wrongdoer], then was the plague withheld.
לֹא זֹאת הַתְּשׁוּבָה אֵלֶיהָ פִּלַּלְתִּי.
That isn't the answer I'd hoped for.