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# הֲלָךְ

Biblical Aramaic

**toll** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

toll [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b8_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲלָךְ: toll [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b8_5da_5b0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 57 α)) n.\[m.\] toll;—Ezr 4:13, 20; 7:24.

### Jastrow 1903

הֲלָךְ: atax sustenance of marching troops [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b8_5da_5b0/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (Ezra IV, 13) name of atax, prob. sustenance of marching troops. B. Bath. 8ᵃ; Ned. 62ᵇ expl. as אַרְנוֹנָא. Gen. R. s. 64, a. e., v. אַנְגַּרְיָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: toll (3).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.20/#tree)

וּמַלְכִ֣ין תַּקִּיפִ֗ין הֲווֹ֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔ם וְשַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין בְּכֹ֖ל עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה וּמִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַהֲלָ֖ךְ מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and kings strong they.were over Jerusalem and having.mastery over all the.region.beyond the river and tribute tax and toll \[was\].being.paid to them

*JPS 1917:* There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them.

[Ezra 4:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/#tree)

כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן מִנְדָּֽה־בְל֤וֹ וַהֲלָךְ֙ לָ֣א יִנְתְּנ֔וּן וְאַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק׃

*Word for word:* now known let.it.be to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished tribute tax and toll not they.will.give and eventually kings it.will.injure

*JPS 1917:* Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b8_5da_5b0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b8_5da_5b0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).