חֶלְקָהchelqâh
חֶלְקָה: portion of ground
Pronunciation: khel-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2513
Meanings
1. especially
a. field (Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; 2 Samuel 23:11)
b. field of sword-edges, field of plotters (Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 14:31)
2. portion, of ground assigned to one (Deuteronomy 33:21)
חֶלְקָה: smooth part, smoothness, flattery
1. smoothness, smooth part (Genesis 27:16)
2. slippery places (Psalms 73:18)
3. smoothness, = flattery, = substantive plural smooth things, i.e. agreeable, flattering things (Psalms 12:3; Psalms 12:4; Proverbs 6:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
- Genesis 33:19 Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.
- Deuteronomy 33:21 The people of Gad took the best land for themselves; a leader’s share was assigned to them. When the leaders of the people were assembled, they carried out the Lord’s justice and obeyed his regulations for Israel.”
- Joshua 24:32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the plot of land Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver. This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.
- Ruth 2:3 So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.
- Ruth 4:3 And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
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).