King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2513
Transliteration: chelqah
Phonetic Spelling: (khel-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a portion (of ground)
Meaning: smoothness, flattery, an allotment
Word Summary
chelqah: a portion (of ground)
Original Word: חֶלְקָהTransliteration: chelqah
Phonetic Spelling: (khel-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a portion (of ground)
Meaning: smoothness, flattery, an allotment
Strong's Concordance
field, ground, parcel, part, piece of land ground, plat, portion, Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment -- field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
see HEBREW cheleq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2513. chelqah
I. חֶלְקָה noun feminine portion of ground; — absolute ׳ח Amos 4:7 (twice in verse) + 8 t.; construct חֶלְקַת Genesis 33:19 12t.; suffix חֶלְקָתִי Jeremiah 12:10; חֶלְקָתָם Job 24:18; portion of ground, 1 especially
a. ׳ח הַשָּׂדֶה = the clearly divided field Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E), 2 Samuel 23:11; Ruth 2:3; 4:3; 2 Kings 9:25; 1 Chronicles 11:13. Also
b. without השׂדה Amos 4:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 14:30 (twice in verse); 14:31; 23:12; 2 Kings 3:19, 25; 9:21, 26 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:14; Job 24:18; of ׳יs land Jeremiah 12:10 (twice in verse) ("" כַּרְמִי); compare also proper name, of a location חַצֻּרִים חלקת 2 Samuel 2:16 field of sword-edges (Dr), ᵐ5 EwG iii. 156, Eng. tr. 114 We read ׳ח הַצֹּדִים field of plotters or liers-in-wait (see Dr).
2 portion of ground assigned to one, ׳ח מחקק Deuteronomy 33:21 commander's portion.
II. [חֶלְקָה] noun feminine smooth part, smoothness, flattery; — construct חֶלְקַת Genesis 27:16; Proverbs 6:24; plural חֲלָקוֺת Psalm 12:3 3t.; —
1 smoothness, smooth part צַוָּארָיו חֶלְקַת Genesis 27:16.
2 plural slippery places Psalm 73:18 figurative of situation of wicked.
3 smoothness = flattery חִ ׳שְׂפַת Psalm 12:3, compare 12:4; לָשׁוֺן חֶלְקַת Proverbs 6:24; = substantive plural smooth things, i.e. agreeable, flattering things Isaiah 30:10. — 1.חֶלְקָה see below I. חלק.