חֵ֫לֶק
portion
also: share, part, territory fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 36 times (54%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 24 times (36%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 6 times (9%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 67 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2506 appears — 63 distinct verses across 24 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 14:24 וְ/חֵ֨לֶק֙ חֶלְקָֽ/ם conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their portion."
- Genesis 31:14 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 2 verses
- Numbers 18:20 וְ/חֵ֕לֶק חֶלְקְ/ךָ֙ conj + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 31:36 חֵ֕לֶק n c ms cs The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
Deuteronomy 7 verses
- Deuteronomy 10:9 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
- Deuteronomy 12:12 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Deuteronomy 14:27 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 חֵ֨לֶק n c ms and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- Deuteronomy 18:1 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 18:8 חֵ֥לֶק כְּ/חֵ֖לֶק n c ms prep + n c ms They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
- Deuteronomy 32:9 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms cs For Yahweh's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Joshua 9 verses
- Joshua 14:4 חֵ֨לֶק n c ms For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their cattle and for their substance.
- Joshua 15:13 חֵ֨לֶק֙ n c ms To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
- Joshua 18:5 חֲלָקִ֑ים n c mp They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
- Joshua 18:6 חֲלָקִ֔ים n c mp You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 18:7 חֵ֤לֶק n c ms For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.
- Joshua 18:9 חֲלָקִ֖ים n c mp The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
- Joshua 19:9 חֵ֤לֶק n c ms cs Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
- Joshua 22:25 חֵ֖לֶק n c ms for Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.
- Joshua 22:27 חֵ֖לֶק n c ms but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not tell our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 1 verse
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 9:10 בְּ/חֵ֥לֶק prep + n c ms cs The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. He opened the door, and fled.
- 2 Kings 9:36 בְּ/חֵ֣לֶק prep + n c ms cs Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, This is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
- 2 Kings 9:37 בְּ/חֵ֣לֶק prep + n c ms cs and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 5 verses
- Job 17:5 לְ֭/חֵלֶק prep + n c ms He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Job 20:29 חֵֽלֶק n c ms This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."
- Job 27:13 חֵֽלֶק n c ms cs "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
- Job 31:2 חֵ֣לֶק n c ms cs For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- Job 32:17 חֶלְקִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I also will answer my part, And I also will show my opinion.
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 16:5 חֶלְקִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Psalms 17:14 חֶלְקָ֥/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 50:18 חֶלְקֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.
- Psalms 73:26 וְ/חֶלְקִ֗/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 119:57 חֶלְקִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
- Psalms 142:5 חֶ֝לְקִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living."
Proverbs 1 verse
Ecclesiastes 8 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 חֶלְקִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 חֶלְק֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 חֶלְק֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 חֶלְקֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 חֶלְק֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 וְ/חֵ֨לֶק conj + n c ms Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 חֶלְקְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2 חֵ֥לֶק n c ms Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 17:14 חֵ֣לֶק n c ms cs At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
- Isaiah 57:6 חֶלְקֵ֔/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink-offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
- Isaiah 61:7 חֶלְקָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 10:16 חֵ֣לֶק n c ms cs The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 51:19 חֵ֣לֶק n c ms cs The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 3 verses
- Ezekiel 45:7 הַ/חֲלָקִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp [Whatever is] for the prince [shall be] on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
- Ezekiel 48:8 הַ/חֲלָקִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand [reeds] in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:21 חֲלָקִ֖ים n c mp The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, חלק (chêleq) means “portion.” First canonically at Genesis 14:24, it enters the text early. It appears 63 verses across 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “share”, “part”, and “territory”. It shares a root with חלק, חלק and חלק. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2506 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 63
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 63 distinct verses.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #587
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 587 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 63 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 9 verses 14%
- Ecclesiastes 8 verses 13%
- Deuteronomy 7 verses 11%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 63 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 28 verses · 44%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 23 verses · 37%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 12 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Portion 21×, Part 6×, He hath no part 3×
- American Standard Version†: Portion 22×, Portions 6×, Him 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Portion 29×, Share 8×, Portions 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Portion 27×, Portion of 7×, Is the portion of 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2506 across 66† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2506 across 66† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2506 across 64† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2506 across 71† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
16 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 16 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
חלק I Jos 18
- 1. portion, share:
- a. of booty Gn 14:24(×2) Nu 31:36 (P) 1 S 30:24(×2). e.g. Genesis 14:24
- b. of food Lv 6:10 (P); ח׳ כּח׳ יאכלו Dt 18:8; = food Hb 1:16 (‖ מַאֲכָל); so (of unrestricted charity) Ec 11:2 v. Now. e.g. Leviticus 6:10
- c. sq. בְּ, share or interest in Ec 9:6, with idea of obligation to Gn 31:14 (E; in father’s house), 2 S 20:1 = 1 K 12:16 = 2 Ch 10:16 (in royal line; all ‖ נַחֲלָה); of right (privilege) in ח׳ ביהוה Jos 22:25, 27 (P); Ne 2:20 (in Jerus.; + צְדָקָה וְזִכָּרוֹן). e.g. Ecclesiastes 9:6
- d. proper share or part אַעֲנֶה חֶלְקִי Jb 32:17 i.e. I will do my part in replying. Especially e.g. Job 32:17
- 2. portion, tract, of land:
- a. as distrib. at conquest Jos 19:9, seven portions 18:5, 6, 9 (all JE) v 7 (JE; + נחלה in ‖ cl.), 15:13; 19:9 (both P); none for tribe of Levi Dt 10:9; 12:12; 14:27, 29; 18:1 Jos 18:7 (all D; ‖ נחלה), Jos 14:4 (P), none for priests Nu 18:20 (P; ‖ vb. נחל). e.g. Joshua 19:9
- b. of land possessed by people Ho 5:7 Mi 2:4. e.g. Hosea 5:7
- c. portion to be assigned after exile Is 61:7 Ez 45:7; 48:8, 21, חֶלְקוֹ עַל־אַדְמַת הַקֹּרֶשׁ Zc 2:16. e.g. Isaiah 61:7
- d. specif. of town-land, district about a town, ח׳ יִזְרְעֵאל 2 K 9:10, 36 + 1 K 21:23 (MT חֵל), הַשָּדֶה בְּח׳ יִזְ׳ 2 K 9:37. e.g. 2 Kings 9:10
- e. הַחֵלֶק Am 7:4 (opp. תְּהוֹם) appar. of land of Isr. e.g. Amos 7:4
- 3. hence portion, i.e. (acquired) possession:
- a. of people as י׳’s possession Dt 32:9 (‖ חֶבֶל נחלתו); but especially e.g. Deuteronomy 32:9
- b. of י׳ as possession of his servants: of priests, as enjoying perquisites of altar Nu 18:20 (P; ‖ נחלה), in spiritual sense ψ 73:26; 119:57; La 3:24; י׳ מְנָת חֶלְקִי ψ 16:5; ח׳ בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים 142:6; hence ח׳ יעקב of י׳ Je 10:16 = 51:19 (שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתוֹ in ‖ cl.) e.g. Numbers 18:20
- 4. chosen portion, habitual mode of life עִם־מְנָאֲפִים ח׳ ψ 50:18 with adulterers is thy chosen life (companionship, shewing character); בְּחַלְּקֵי־נַחַל חֶלְקֵךְ Is 57:6 among smooth (things i.e. stones) of a brook-bed is thy chosen life (of idolatrous habit; v. חָלָק); חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים ψ 17:14. e.g. Psalms 50:18
- 5. portion, award, from God ח׳ אֱלוֹהַּ Jb 31:2 (‖ נחלה); specif. of punishment of wicked Is 17:14 (‖ גּוֹרָל), עִם־אֵל Jb 27:13, מֵאֱלֹהִים 20:29 (‖ נחלה); = profit, reward, חֶלְקִי מִכָּל־עֲמָלִי Ec 2:10, cf. v 21; 3:22 5:17, 18; 9:9.—לְחֵלֶק Jb 17:5 is dub.: a share of feast, or of booty, Kmp Hi; a prey, spoil, Ew Di Da; AV flattery does not suit context. e.g. Job 31:2
חלק II m. (portion) a Gileadite Nu 26
חלק III [m.] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only sg. cstr. בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Pr 7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Jos 18:5 portion, tract, territory—ח׳ abs. Gn 31:14 +; cstr. Gn 14:24 +; sf. חֶלְקִי ψ 16:5 + 6 times; חֶלְקְךָ Nu 18:20 Ec 9:9; חֶלְקֶ֑ךָ ψ 50:18; חֶלְקֵךְ Is 57:6; חֶלְקוֹ Hb 1:16 + 5 times; חֶלְקָם Gn 14:24 + 3 times; pl. חֲלָקִים Jos 18:5 + 5 times; sf. חֶלְקֵיהֶם Ho 5:7;—
II. n.pr.m. (portion) a Gileadite Nu 26:30; Jos 17:2. 𝔊 Χελεγ, (κ), Κελεζ, etc.; 𝔊L Jos 17:2 Ελεκ.
III. n.[m.] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only sg. cstr. בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Pr 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him (‖ הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ).—i. and ii. חֵלֶק v. sub I. חלק.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חלק (châlaq) (H2505) — to divide.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חֵילֶק I
- ḥelek, name of a small fish preserved in brine, ḥelek-brine. [Latin: alec, alex, halec, allec, the variations indicating foreign origin; cmp. חֶילְקָא II.] Ab. Zar. II, 6 (Mish. Nap. חלק). Ib. 39ᵃ, expl. סוּלְתָּנִית. Ib. 34ᵇ ח׳ אומן ḥelek-brine prepared by a professional man.
חִילָּק
- Ḥillak, a fictitious name, v. בִּילָּק.
חָלַק
- (b. h.)
- 1. to be smooth, to be viscous. V. חָלָק.
- 2. (denom. of חֵלֶק) to assign, allot.—ח׳ כבוד to honor, pay regards. Ber. 19ᵇ, a. e. כל מקום … אין חוֹלְקִין וכ׳ wherever the desecration of the name of the Lord is threatened, no regards must be paid to a teacher. Zeb. 102ᵃ; a. fr.
- 3. (denom. of חֵלֶק) to divide (by lot); to part; to take a share. Peah III, 5 האחין שחָלְקוּ brothers who divided an estate. B. Mets. I, 1, a. fr. יַחֲלוֹקוּ they shall divide the object (equally). Zeb. XII, 1 אינן חוֹלְקִין וכ׳ take no share &c. Ḥull. 65ᵃ אם חוֹלֵק את רגליו וכ׳ if the birds parts its toes (on the rope) so that there be two on each side &c. Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᶜ bot. דבר … אינו חולק if a prohibition (included in a law) is specified again for a purpose, it does not intimate a division (that each single act of the class must be atoned for singly, v. הַבְעָרָה). Tosef. Dem. VI, 1 חוֹלְקָן he divides the fruits with the landlord. [Ib. 2 החולק, read: החוֹכֵר.] Y. ib. VI, beg. 25ᵃ מישראל חולק if the property is farmed from an Israelite, he divides the produces (before separating T’rumah); a. v. fr.
- 4. (with על) to differ with, object, oppose. Y. Sabb. XV, beg. 15ᵃ מה חוֹלְקִין על וכ׳ how is it? do they differ with &c.?—Ber. 27ᵇ החולק על ישיבתו וכ׳ וכ׳; Snh. 110ᵃ הח׳ על רבו (Ar. הנֶחְלַק, Nif.) he who opposes (the school of) his teacher. Ber. l. c. כלום יש אדם חוֹלֵק בדבר זה is there any one here differing from this opinion?; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. חָלוּק, pl. חֲלוּקִים, חֲלוּקִין divided, interrupted; disputed; of different opinion. Mikv. VIII, 2 מים ח׳ interrupted flow of urin.—B. Bath. 176ᵃ ח׳ היה ר׳ וכ׳ R. … differed &c. Ib. IX, 10 (158ᵇ) על החֲלוּקִין ואתה בא לחַלֵּק עלינו וכ׳ … we grieve over the divided opinions, and you come to assert a division for us on things on which they (the schools of Shammai and Hillel) agree?; (Y. Shek. III, beg. 47ᵇ לַחֲלוֹק). Y. Keth. I, end, 26ᵃ ח׳ על אביו differs with his father; a. fr.—Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 6, a. e. ארבעה חֲלוּקֵי כפרה there are four persons under different categories as to atonement. Arakh. 10ᵇ דחֲלוּקָה בקרבנותיה which differs (from other days) as regards sacrifices. Ib. חֲלוּקִין וכ׳ the numbers of sacrifices are different each day.
- 1. to be divided, distributed. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXVII (ref. to אחלק, Ex. XV, 9) אֵיחָלֵק I shall be divided (plundered). e.g. Exodus 15:9
- 2. to differ. Ḥag. 16ᵇ נֶחְלְקוּ בה וכ׳ the great men of the age differ about it. Ber. 27ᵇ; Snh. 110ᵃ, v. supra. Keth. XIII, 1; a. fr.
- 1. to smoothen, make even, level; to improve the appearance. Maasr. I, 8 משיַחֲלִיקֶנּוּ from the moment that he smoothens the cake of figs (by rubbing it with figs or grapes). Ib. המַחֲלִיק בענבים if one uses grapes for smoothening.—Shebi. IV, 4 במַחֲלִיק when one levels a field (by taking out plants); expl. ib. המח׳ ג׳ זה בצד זה levelling means taking out (at least) three plants next to each other, contrad. to המדל, taking out one or two plants.—Peah III, 3, v. אֶחָד; a. e.—Trnsf. to close a tune softly (piano). Arakh. II, 3 (10ᵃ) ולא היה מַחֲלִיק אלא … מפני שהוא מחליק יפה (Talm. ed. ולא היה מְחַלֵּק מחליק וכ׳ …) none but a flute solo was used for closing a tune, because it makes a pleasant finale.—3) to glide, slip. Erub. X, 14 בשביל שלא יַחֲלִיקוּ that the priests might not slip. B. Mets. VI, 3 אם הֶחֱלִיקָה if the animal injured herself by slipping.—4) to be smooth. Yeb. 80ᵇ בשרו מַחֲלִיק his flesh is smooth.
- 1. to be injured by slipping. B. Kam. 47ᵇ הוּחְלְקָה בהן the animal was injured by tripping over the fruits.
- 2. to be smoothed. Part. מוּחֲלָק, pl. מוּחֲלָקִין. B. Mets. 103ᵇ קנים המ׳ smoothed (peeled) poles.—[
- 3. to be divided up, v. infra.]
- to divide, distribute, part. Y. Keth. II, beg. 26ᵃ בוא וחַלֵּק וכ׳ come and divide with me &c. Y. Peah VIII, 20ᶜ top; Y. Shebi. VI, beg. 36ᵇ שבע שחִילְּקוּ the seven years during which they distributed the land (among the tribes); Zeb. 118ᵇ.—B. Bath. IX, 7 המְחַלֵּק נכסיו וכ׳ if one disposes (wills) … by word of mouth; a. fr.—Sabb. 70ᵃ, a. e. לחַלֵּק, v. הַבְעָרָה.—[Arakh. II, 3 (10ᵃ), v. supra.]—Part. pass. מְחוּלָּק a) divided up, plundered. Yalk. Ex. 249 (ref. to אחלק, Ex. XV, 9) מ׳ אני להם I shall be divided up among them, v. Nif.; Mekh. B’shall., Shirah, s. 7 מוחלק.—b) distinct, separate. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 6 והן מְחוּלָּקִין זה מזה and they are different from one another (in the range of their intellects). e.g. Exodus 15:9
- to be divided, distributed; to part, separate. Par. III, 11 היה מִתְחַלֵּק וכ׳ was distributed among &c.—Snh. 34ᵃ, v. נִיצוֹץ.—Sifré Num. 132 ליוצאי מצרים נִתְחַלְּקָה וכ׳ the land was divided up according to the census taken at their going out from Egypt. Ib. לא נתח׳ … לכל שנט וכ׳ the land was allotted to each tribe (in a lump), according to its population. Ib. לא נתח׳ … אלא בשמיון it was divided according to value; B. Bath. 122ᵃ לא נ׳ אלא בכסף.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 2 היה מתח׳ מחיילותיו he separated himself from his armies (for prayer). Ib. וכשהיה המחנה שלו מתח׳ and because his camp was thus divided (some praying, others not praying); a. fr.
חָלָק
- (preced.)
- 1. smooth, blank (paper); empty. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ אם יש בו ח׳ וכ׳ if there is blank space on it enough for &c. Snh. 17ᵃ ושנים הניח ח׳ and two ballots he left blank; a. fr.—יצא ח׳ (= ריקם) to go out without having effected anything. Sifré Num. 131 חלוק ed.; Yalk. Lev. 631 (Yalk. Ex. 178 ריקם); Yalk. Hos. 517 חלוק.—Gen. R. s. 11 להוציאך ח׳ אי אפשר I cannot dismiss you without an answer; a. e.—Fem. חֲלָקָה. Kel. XXIV, 7 וח׳ and a plain board (without a receptacle). Midd. II, 5; Succ. 51ᵇ ח׳ היתה בראשונה formerly the compartment was plain (without a guarded balcony), v. בְּצוֹצְרָה.—Pl. חֲלָקוֹת. Tosef. Ohol. XV, 1.—
- *2. division. Kerith. 7ᵃ, a. fr. אך ח׳, v. אַךְ I [prob. to be read: חַלֵּק, divide!]
חֵלֶק
- preced. wds.) [smooth stone used for casting lots, v. I Sam. XVII, 40 חַלֻּקֵי; cmp. גורל, גווזא; cmp. Is. XXXIV, 17; Ps. XXII, 19,] lot, share, portion. Snh. X (XI), 1 ח׳ לעו"הב a share in the world to come. Sabb. 118ᵇ יהא חֶלְקִי מ־ Oh, that my lot fell among &c.; M. Kat. 18ᵇ יהא חלקי עם; a. fr.—Sifré Deut. 312 תנו לי חֶלְקִי give me my estate (my title) back, v. נָכַר.—Pl. חֲלָקִים. B. Mets. I, 1 שלשה ח׳ three portions (fourths). Sabb. 34ᵇ שלשה חֶלְקֵי מיל three parts of a mile, expl. three fourths; ב׳ ח׳ מיל two thirds; a. fr. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:40
חִלָּק
- , a fictitious name, v. חִילָּק
חֲלַק
- (b. h. חֶלְקָה, v. חֵלֶק) lot, field. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIX, 21 (Var. חַקְלָא).—Pl. constr. חַלְקֵי. Targ. I Chr. VIII, 8 Var. (ed. חקלי).
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Forms in the corpus
The 42 distinct written forms H2506 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2506, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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- חלק chălâq H2508 possession
- חלק châlâq H2509 flattering
- חלק challâq H2511 smooth
- חלק challuq H2512 smooth
- חלקה chălaqqâh H2514 flattery
- חלקלקה chălaqlaqqâh H2519 flattery
- מחלקת machălôqeth H4256 course
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 59 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 63 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 14:24
- Leviticus 6:17
- Numbers 18:20
- Deuteronomy 10:9
- Joshua 14:4
- 1 Samuel 30:24
- 2 Samuel 20:1
- 1 Kings 12:16
- 2 Kings 9:10
- 2 Chronicles 10:16
- Job 17:5
- Psalms 16:5
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