חֶלְקָה
chelqâh · khel-kaw'
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H2506 (חֵלֶק);
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
- properly, smoothness
- figuratively, flattery
- also, an allotment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶלְקָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- piece3 · 10%
- a parcel2 · 7%
- him in the portion2 · 7%
- and upon the smooth1 · 3%
- for himself, because there, in a portion1 · 3%
- in a parcel1 · 3%
- on a part1 · 3%
- field1 · 3%
- the field1 · 3%
- my field1 · 3%
- where was a piece1 · 3%
- of the ground1 · 3%
- thee in this plat1 · 3%
- him into the plat1 · 3%
- where was a parcel1 · 3%
- of that parcel1 · 3%
- their portion1 · 3%
- with flattering1 · 3%
- all flattering1 · 3%
- them in slippery places1 · 3%
- from the flattery1 · 3%
- unto us smooth things1 · 3%
- my portion1 · 3%
- portion1 · 3%
- upon, and the piece1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.