חֵלֶקChêleq
proper name, masculine: a Gileadite (Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2)
Pronunciation: khay'-lek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2507
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 26:30 These were the subclans descended from the Gileadites: The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer. The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.
- Joshua 17:2 So the allotment on the west side of the Jordan was for the remaining families within the clans of the tribe of Manasseh: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These clans represent the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph.
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).