H2506. cheleq

I. חֵ֫לֶק‎ noun masculine^{Joshua 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.