חֵ֫לֶק
che.leq
“portion”
Definition
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
from H2505 (חָלַק);
- portion, share, part, territory 1a) portion, share 1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land) 1c) one's portion, one's possession 1d) (chosen) portion 1e) portion, award (from God) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laq (*חֲלָק *"portion" H2508)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֵ֫לֶק appears 58 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king:“What portion do we have in David,and what inheritance in the son of Jesse?To your tents, O Israel!Look now to your own house, O David!”So the Israelites went home,
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
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If a man denounces his friends for a price,the eyes of his children will fail.
The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
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