חָלַקchâlaq
חָלַק: divide, share
Pronunciation: khaw-lak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2505
Meanings
Qal
1. divide, apportion (Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 29:25; Nehemiah 13:13)
2. assign, distribute (2 Chronicles 23:18; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 24:5)
3. assign, impart (Job 39:17)
4. share (in) (Job 27:17; Proverbs 17:2; 1 Samuel 30:24)
5. divide up = plunder (2 Chronicles 28:21)
Niph`al
1. divide oneself (Genesis 14:15)
2. be divided
a. apportioned (Numbers 26:53; Numbers 26:55; Numbers 26:56)
b. divided into (1 Kings 16:21)
c. parted, spread abroad (Job 38:24)
3. assign, distribute (1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 24:3)
Pi`el
1. divide, apportion (2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3; Psalms 22:19)
2. assign, distribute (1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 24:3)
3. scatter (Genesis 49:7; Lamentations 4:16)
Pu`al: be divided (Isaiah 33:23; Zechariah 14:1; Amos 7:17)
Hithpa`el: divide (land) among themselves. (Joshua 18:5)
Hiph`il: to receive a portion (Jeremiah 37:12)
חָלַק: be smooth, slippery
Qal: smooth, slippery, only figurative (Hosea 10:2; Psalms 55:22)
Hiph`il: make smooth (Psalms 36:3; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5)
1. literally of idol-maker (Isaiah 41:7)
2. figurative the tongue, i.e. flatter with it (Psalms 5:10; Proverbs 28:23; Proverbs 2:16)
Same root
- חֵלֶקchêleq · H2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- חֲלָקchălâq · H2508a part
- חָלָקchâlâq · H2509smooth (especially of tongue)
- חַלָּקchallâq · H2511smooth
- חַלֻּקchalluq · H2512smooth
- חֲלַקָּהchălaqqâh · H2514flattery
- חֶלְקַיChelqay · H2517Chelkai, an Israelite
- חֲלַקְלַקָּהchălaqlaqqâh · H2519properly, something very smooth; i.e. a treacherous spot; figuratively, blandishment
Where it appears
Appears 65 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
- Genesis 49:7 A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.
- Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
- Exodus 15:9 “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’
- Numbers 26:53 “Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.
- Numbers 26:55 But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.
See every passage
- Genesis 14:15, 49:7, 49:27
- Exodus 15:9
- Numbers 26:53, 26:55, 26:56
- Deuteronomy 4:19, 29:26
- Joshua 13:7, 14:5, 18:2, 18:5, 18:10, 19:51, 22:8
- Judges 5:30
- 1 Samuel 30:24
- 2 Samuel 6:19, 19:29
- 1 Kings 16:21, 18:6
- 1 Chronicles 16:3, 23:6, 24:3, 24:4, 24:5
- 2 Chronicles 23:18, 28:21
- Nehemiah 9:22, 13:13
- Job 21:17, 27:17, 38:24, 39:17
- Psalms 5:9, 22:18, 36:2, 55:21, 60:6, 68:12, 108:7
- Proverbs 2:16, 7:5, 16:19, 17:2, 28:23, 29:5, 29:24
- Isaiah 9:3, 33:23, 34:17, 41:7, 53:12
- Jeremiah 37:12
- Lamentations 4:16
- Ezekiel 5:1, 47:21
- Daniel 11:39
- Hosea 10:2
- Joel 3:2
- Amos 7:17
- Micah 2:4
- Zechariah 14:1
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).