חָלָק
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2509
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
smooth tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חָלָק: adj. smooth tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj. smooth— lit. אִישׁ חָלָק Gn 27:11 (J), smooth man (opp. אישׁ שָׂעִר); הָהָר הֶחָלָק Jos 11:17; 12:7 the bald mt. (both D); southern limit of Jos.’s conquest, identif. dub.; (1) white cliffs 8 m. S. of Dead Sea, and (2) Mt. Mâdara SW. from Pass es-Ṣafâ are proposed, v. Di.; as subst. חַלְּקֵי־נַחַל Is 57:6 (v. i. חֵלָק, 4) smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., v. Che Di). fig. of mouth uttering smooth words וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ Pr 5:3 cf. 26:28. as subst. = flattery מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 divination of flattery or of a flatterer.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: smooth (3); of flattering [words] (2); flattering [words] (1).
In the verses
יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃
Word for word: may.he.cut.off Yahweh all [the].lips of.flattering.[words] a.tongue [which].speaks great.[things]
JPS 1917: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃
Word for word: surely on smooth.[places] you.set (to) them you make.them.fall to deceptions
JPS 1917: Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
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