חָלָקChâlâq
smooth
Pronunciation: khaw-lawk' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2510
Meanings
1. literal (Genesis 27:11; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7)
2. figurative (Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 26:28)
3. as substantive = flattery (Ezekiel 12:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 11:17 The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua killed all the kings of those territories,
- Joshua 12:7 The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,
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).