FILE.Only 1Sa_13:21, but the passage is very corrupt; see the larger commentaries.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
fı̄l: Found only in 1Sa_13:21, but the text here is obscure. The Hebrew (pecı̄rāh phı̄m) signifies ?bluntness of edge,? and is so rendered in the Revised Version, margin. See TOOLS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
File
is the incorrect rendering in the Eng. Bible of the expression פְּצַירָה פַּרם(pelsirah'pim found only in 1Sa_13:21), which literally signifies a notching of the mouth or edge of tools, i.e. bluntness or dulness of the agricultural instruments, in consequence of the want of smiths to sharpen them by welding out the point.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.