HebrewH2471Noun (Feminine)

חַלָּה

chal.lah

11Occurrences
H2471Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a cake (as usually punctured)

from H2490 (חָלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
cake, cake (if pierced) (probably perforated)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

חַלָּה appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
5
Numbers
3
Exodus
2
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 6:19BSB

Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.

Exodus 29:23BSB

along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

Leviticus 24:5BSB

You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

Leviticus 7:13BSB

Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.

Numbers 15:20BSB

From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.

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