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Strong's #2506 - חֵלֶק
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- portion, share, part, territory
- portion, share
- portion, tract, parcel (of land)
- one´s portion, one´s possession
- (chosen) portion
- portion, award (from God)
- smoothness, seductiveness, flattery
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1 portion, share:
a. of booty Genesis 14:24 (twice in verse); Numbers 31:36 (P) 1 Samuel 30:24 (twice in verse).
b. of food Leviticus 6:10 (P); יאכלו׳כּח ׳ח Deuteronomy 18:8; = food Habakkuk 1:16 ("" מַאֲכָל); so (of unrestricted charity) Ecclesiastes 11:2 see Now.
c. followed by בְּ, share or interest in Ecclesiastes 9:6, with idea of obligation to Genesis 31:14 (E; in father's house), 2 Samuel 20:1 = 1 Kings 12:16 2 Chronicles 10:16 (in royal line; all "" נַחֲלָה); of right ( privilege) in ביהוה׳ח Joshua 22:25,27 (P); Nehemiah 2:20 (in Jerusalem; + צְדָקָה וְזִכָּרוֺן),
d. proper share or part אַעֲנֶה חֶלְקִי Job 32:17i.e. I will do my part in replying. Especially
2 portion, tract, of land:
a. as distributive at conquest Joshua 19:9, seven portions Joshua 18:5,6,9 (all J E) Joshua 18:7 (J E; + נחלה in "" clause), Joshua 15:13; Joshua 19:9 (both P); none for tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27,29; Deuteronomy 18:1; Joshua 18:7 (all D; "" נחלה), Joshua 14:4 (P), none for priests Numbers 18:20 (P; "" verb נחל).
b. of land possessed by people Hosea 5:7; Micah 2:4.
c. portion to be assigned after exile Isaiah 61:7; Ezekiel 45:7; Ezekiel 48:8,21, חֶלְקוֺעַלאַֿדְמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ Zechariah 2:16.
d. specifically of town-land, district about a town, יִזְרְעֵאל׳ח 2 Kings 9:10,36 + 1 Kings 21:23 (ᵑ0חֵל), ׳יִזְ׳הַשָּׂדֶה בְּח 1 Kings 21:37.
e. הַחֵלֶק Amos 7:4 (opposed to תְּהוֺם) apparently of land of Israel
3 hence portion, i.e. (acquired) possession:
a. of people as ׳י s possession Deuteronomy 32:9 ("" חֶבֶל נחלתו); but especially
b. of ׳י as possession of his servants: of priests, as enjoying perquisites of altar Numbers 18:20 (P; "" נחלה), in spiritual sense Psalm 73:26; Psalm 119:57; Lamentations 3:24; מְנָת חֶלְקִי׳י Psalm 16:5; בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים׳ח Psalm 142:6; hence יעקב׳ח of ׳י Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19 (שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתוֺ in "" clause)
4 chosen portion, habitual mode of life ׳עִםמְֿנָאֲפִים ח Psalm 50:18 with adulterers is thy chosen life (companionship, shewing character); בְּחַלְּקֵינַֿחַל חֶלְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:6 among smooth (things i.e. stones) of a brook-bed is thy chosen life (of idolatrous habit; see חָלָק); חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים Psalm 17:14.
5 portion, award, from God אֱלוֺהַּ׳ח Job 31:2 ("" נחלה); specifically of punishment of wicked Isaiah 17:14 ("" גּוֺרָל), עִםאֵֿל Job 27:13, מֵאֱלֹהִים Job 20:29 ("" נחלה); = profit, reward חֶלְקִי מִכָּלעֲֿמָלִי Ecclesiastes 2:10, compare Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 9:9. — לְחֵלָק Job 17:5 is dubious: a share of feast, or of booty, Kmp Hi; a prey, spoil, Ew Di Da; AV flattery does not suit context.
III. חֵ֫לֶק noun [masculine] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only singular construct בְּחֵלֶק שְׁפָתֶיהָתַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Proverbs 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him ("" הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ). — I. and II. חֵלֶק see below I. חלק.
חֵלֶק with suff. חֶלְקִי pl. חֲלָקִים const. חֶלְקֵי, once חַלְּקֵי with Dag. euph. Isaiah 57:6), m.
(1) smoothness. Isaiah 57:6, בְּחַלְּקֵי־נַחַל חֶלְקֵךְ “in the smoothnesses (i.e. in the bare places devoid of wood, comp. Joshua 11:17) of the valley is thy lot,” i.e. thou worshippest idols; where there is a play upon the double signification of the word חֵלֶק smoothness, a lot, portion. [In Thes. it is suggested that the smooth stones of the brook are the materials of which the idols were made.] Metaph. flatteries, Proverbs 7:21.
(2) lot, part, portion (see the root No. 2). חֵלֶק כְּחֵלֶק share and share (alike), in equal portions, Deuteronomy 18:8. [“Spoken of the portions of the sacrifices allotted to the Levites.”] Specially
(a) a portion of spoil, Genesis 14:24; 1 Samuel 30:24 whence used of the spoil itself, poetically for the spoilers, depredators, אַנְשֵׁי חֵלֶק. Job 17:5, לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים “(who) betrays his friends to the spoilers.”
(b) a portion of a field, the field itself, 2 Kings 9:10, 36 2 Kings 9:36, 37 2 Kings 9:37(so with the letters transposed Ch. חַקְלָא and Eth. ሐቅል፡ a field), hence land (as opposed to sea), Amos 7:4.
(c) חֵלֶק יַעֲקֹב Jehovah is called the portion of Jacob, because they were allotted to be his worshippers. Jeremiah 10:16, 51:19 comp. Deuteronomy 4:19 Psal. 16:5 142:6 and on the other hand חֵלֶק יְהֹוָה is applied to the people of Israel, whom God has allotted to Himself to be protected and cared for. Deuteronomy 32:9.
(d) אֶת־פְּלוֹנִי, יֵשׁ לִי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם “I have a lot and inheritance,” i.e. fellowship or common possession “with any one;” Deuteronomy 10:9, 12:12 14:27, 29 Deuteronomy 14:29; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Psalms 50:18.
(e) the lot of a man in this life, μοῖρα, Ecclesiastes 2:10, 3:22 5:17 Job 20:29, 31:2, חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ “the allotment designed of God.”
(3) [Helek], pr.n. of a son of Gilead, Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2 of which the patron. is חֶלְקִי. Nu. l. c.
