# Peleg

Translators may add a footnote note that says: "The name Peleg means 'division.'"

# the earth was divided

This can be made active. Alternate translation: "the people of the earth divided themselves" or "the people of the earth separated from one another" or "God divided the people of the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])