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# חֲלָק

Biblical Aramaic

**portion** — 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

portion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲלָק: portion, possession, lot [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] portion, possession, lot (v. BH);—abs. ח׳ possession in land Ezr 4:16; sf. חֲלָקֵהּ Dn 4:12, 20, i.e. his appointed lot.

### Jastrow 1903

חוּלַּק: portion, share [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , portion, share. Targ. Deut. XIV, 27. Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 22; a. fr.—Y. Yeb. VII, 8ᵇ top נסבה ח׳ וכ׳ she is entitled to a share with her sisters. B. Bath. 142ᵇ אית ח׳ לטליא או וכ׳ is the young man (to whom a share equal to that of the eventual future issue from a second wife was promised as a donation) entitled to that share besides the inheritance with the other children, or not?—Pl. חוּלָּקִין, חוּלָּקַיָּא. Targ. Gen. XLVII, 24 (Y. חוּלְקִין). Targ. Ez. XLVIII, 21 (ed. Lag. חֻלְקַיָּא); a. e. V. חֶלְקָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: portion (2); possession (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/#tree)

מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[are\].making.known we to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished (to) before this possession in the.region.beyond the river not there \[will be\].to.you

*JPS 1917:* We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'

[Daniel 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/#tree)

בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the animal\[s\] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/): 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).