חֶלְאָהchelʼâh
rust (Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:12; Ezekiel 24:11)
Pronunciation: khel-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2457
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Ezekiel 24:6 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! She is a cooking pot whose corruption can’t be cleaned out. Take the meat out in random order, for no piece is better than another.
- Ezekiel 24:11 Now set the empty pot on the coals. Heat it red hot! Burn away the filth and corruption.
- Ezekiel 24:12 But it’s hopeless; the corruption can’t be cleaned out. So throw it into the fire.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).