חָלַק
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
be smooth tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חָלַק²: vb. be smooth, slippery tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be smooth, slippery (NH adj. חָלָק smooth, empty, Arabic خَلَقَ make smooth, lie, forge, fabricate)— Pf. ח׳ Ho 10:2; 3 mpl. חָֽלְקוּ ψ 55:22;—smooth, slippery, only fig.: Ho 10:2 of heart of faithless Isr. (so Ew Ke Wü Now RVm), We false; > Vrss (not 𝔊) Hi St who read חֻלַּק, divided is their heart; 𝔊 ἐμέρισαν; of words, smooth ψ 55:22 i.e. deceptive (‖ רַכּוּ דְבָרָיו מִשֶּׁמֶן). Pf. הֶחֱלִיק ψ 36:3, הֶחֱלִיקָה Pr 2:16; 7:5; Impf. יַחֲלִיקוּן ψ 5:10; Pt. מַחֲלִיק Pr 28:23 + 2 times; make smooth: lit. of idol-maker Is 41:7 c. acc. instr. פַּטִּישׁ hammer. fig. the tongue, i.e. flatter with it ψ 5:10; Pr 28:23, words, Pr 2:16; 7:5 אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה; abs. deal smoothy, sq. אֶל־ ψ 36:3, עַל Pr 29:5.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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: she makes smooth (2); [one who] smooths (1); [who] flatters (1).
In the verses
מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ אָדָ֣ם אַ֭חֲרַי חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק לָשֽׁוֹן׃
Word for word: [one.who].reproves a.person after favor he.will.find more than.[one.who].makes.smooth [the].tongue
JPS 1917: He that rebuketh a man shall in the end find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃
Word for word: a.man [who].flatters to neighbor his a.net [is].spreading on footsteps his
JPS 1917: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
On Mova
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