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Strong's #2461 - חָלָב
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- milk, sour milk, cheese
- milk
- abundance of the land (metaphorically)
- white (as milk)
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2160) blh (ההלב HhLB) AC: ? CO: Fat AB: Choice: The rich or choice part.
Nm) blh (ההלב HhLB) - I. Fat:The fat of an animal as the choicest part. II. Milk:The milk, containing fat, of a dairy animal. KJV (136): fat, fatness, best, finest, grease, marrow, milk, cheese, suckle - Strongs: H2459 (חֶלֶב), H2461 (חָלָב)
mf1) enblh (ההלבנה HhLBNH) - Galbanum: An odoriferous resin used in incense. A choice ingredient. KJV (1): galbanum - Strongs: H2464 (חֶלְבְּנָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, Phoenician חלב; Arabic 
noun fresh milk, 
verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see Dl Proverbs 174; Ethiopic 
) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 18:18 35t. + Ezekiel 34:3 (see below); construct חֲלֵב Exodus 23:19 5t.; suffix חֲלָבִי Song of Solomon 5:1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ezekiel 25:4; — milk: a. as common food Genesis 18:8 (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, q. v.), חֲלֵב צאֹן Deuteronomy 32:14 (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in Judges 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב: — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה Proverbs 30:33 a pressing ( squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹבעֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה Isaiah 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵיהֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (׳נאֹוד ח) Judges 4:19; men drank it (שׁתה) Ezekiel 25:4 (compare השׁקה Judges 4:19), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב Ezekiel 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, ᵐ5ᵑ9 Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי׳הֲלֹא כֶח Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically (1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Proverbs 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RS Semitic i. 204). (2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 (JE) = Deuteronomy 14:21, compare ׳טְלֵה ח 1 Samuel 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings ׳גְּמוּלֵי מֵח Isaiah 28:9 weaned from milk ("" עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם Isaiah 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations ("" תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים). (3) ׳ח with wine, as especially delicacy Song of Solomon 5:1 (see De), figurative of ׳י s choicest blessings Isaiah 55:1. (4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13,14 (all J E), Leviticus 20:24 (H), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9,15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 5:6; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6,15; in Messianic time the hills ׳תֵּלַכְנָה ח Joel 4:18 ("" יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ׳דְּבַשׁ וְח Song of Solomon 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.
b. milk as white ׳לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח Genesis 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; ׳צַחוּ מֵח Lamentations 4:7 they were whiter than milk ("" זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) ׳רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח Song of Solomon 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RS Semitic 204.
II. חלב (√of following; perhaps compare Assyrian —alâbu, be covered, VR Song of Solomon 8:83 Lyon Manual, Gloss, —allibu, cover, clothe IR:18,68 —allubtu, clothing, Lyon Sargontexte 14, —itlupatu, na—lapu (read b for p) Schr COT Gloss).
חָלָב m. with art. הֶחָלָב, const. חֲלֵב (as if from חָלֵב), with suffix חֲלָבִי milk, whilst fresh, differing from חֶמְאָה, so called from fatness, Genesis 18:8, 49:12 Proverbs 27:27. For the phrase אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ, see under the root זוּב. To suck the milk of nations, poet. for to make their wealth one’s own, claim for oneself, Isaiah 60:16. (Arabic حَاِيب, حَلَبُ id.; whence حَلَبَ to milk; Eth. ሕሊብ፡ milk.)
