Lexical Summary cheleq: portion, tract, territory Original Word: חֵלֶקTransliteration: cheleq Phonetic Spelling: (khay'lek) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: portion, tract, territory Meaning: portion, tract, territory Strong's Concordance flattery, inheritance, part, partake, portion From chalaq; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment -- flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion. see HEBREW chalaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H2506. cheleq I. חֵ֫לֶק noun masculineJoshua 18:5 portion, tract, territory — ׳ח absolute Genesis 31:14 +; construct 14:24 +; suffix חֶלְקִי Psalm 16:5-6t.; חֶלְקְךָ Numbers 18:20; Ecclesiastes 9:9; חֶלְקֶ֑ךָ Psalm 50:18; חֶלְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:6; חֶלְקוֺ Habakkuk 1:16 5t.; חֶלְקָם Genesis 14:24 3t.; plural חֲלָקִים Joshua 18:5 5t.; suffix חֶלְקֵיהֶם Hosea 5:7; — 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); ׳ח ׳כּח יאכלו 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 ׳ח ביהוה Joshua 22:25, 27 (P); Nehemiah 2:20 (in Jerusalem; + וְזִכָּרוֺן צְדָקָה), d. proper share or part חֶלְקִי אַעֲנֶה Job 32:17 i.e. I will do my part in replying. Especially 2 portion, tract, of land: a. as distributive at conquest Joshua 19:9, seven portions 18:5-6, 9 (all J E) 18:7 (J E; + נחלה in "" clause), 15:13; 19:9 (both P); none for tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 10:9; 12:12; 14:27, 29; 18:1; Joshua 18:7 (all D; "" נחלה), 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; 48:8, 21, הַקֹּדֶשׁ עַלאַֿדְמַת חֶלְקוֺ Zechariah 2:16. d. specifically of town-land, district about a town, ׳ח יִזְרְעֵאל 2 Kings 9:10, 36 + 1 Kings 21:23 (חֵל ᵑ0), בְּח ׳הַשָּׂדֶה ׳יִזְ 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 ׳יs possession Deuteronomy 32:9 ("" נחלתו חֶבֶל); 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; 119:57; Lamentations 3:24; ׳י חֶלְקִי מְנָת Psalm 16:5; ׳ח הַחַיִּים בְּאֶרֶץ 142:6; hence ׳ח יעקב of ׳י Jeremiah 10:16 = 51:19 (נַחֲלָתוֺ שֵׁבֶט in "" clause) 4 chosen portion, habitual mode of life ח ׳עִםמְֿנָאֲפִים Psalm 50:18 with adulterers is thy chosen life (companionship, shewing character); חֶלְקֵךְ בְּחַלְּקֵינַֿחַל Isaiah 57:6 among smooth (things i.e. stones) of a brook-bed is thy chosen life (of idolatrous habit; see חָלָק); בַּחַיִּים חֶלְקָם Psalm 17:14. 5 portion, award, from God ׳ח אֱלוֺהַּ Job 31:2 ("" נחלה); specifically of punishment of wicked Isaiah 17:14 ("" גּוֺרָל), עִםאֵֿל Job 27:13, מֵאֱלֹהִים 20:29 ("" נחלה); = profit, reward מִכָּלעֲֿמָלִי חֶלְקִי Ecclesiastes 2:10, compare 2:21; 3:22; 5:17; 5:18; 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 תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ שְׁפָתֶיהָ בְּחֵלֶק Proverbs 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him ("" לִקְחָהּ בְּרֹב הִטַּתּוּ). — I. and II. חֵלֶק see below I. חלק. |