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# חֶלֶד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2465

**duration** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

duration [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶ֫לֶד: duration, world [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] Jb 11:17 duration, world (= αἰών) (Arabic خُلْدٌ perpetual duration, eternity)—abs. ח׳ ψ 17:14; חָ֑לֶד Jb 11:17 + 2 times + Is 38:11 Che De, sq. Cod. Bab. etc. (Baer חָ֑דֶל); sf. חֶלְדִּי ψ 39:6; = duration of life Jb 11:17 ψ 39:6 (‖ יָמַי), זְכֹר אֲנִי מֶה־חָ֑לֶד 89:48 of what duration I am Dr§ 189. 2, or (אדני for אני) what is life(?) Hi Ew Now al.; world (= αἰών, not κόσμος) ψ 17:14; 49:2 (ישׁבי ח׳ ‖ כל־עמים), cf. Is 38:11 (v. supr.; ‖ אֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים).

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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lifespan (2); \[is\] lifespan (1); of \[the\] world (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 49:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.2/#tree)

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֭את כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינוּ כָּל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חָֽלֶד׃

*Word for word:* hear this O.all the peoples give.ear O.all \[the\].inhabitants of.\[the\].world

*JPS 1917:* Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

[Job 11:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.17/#tree)

וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם יָק֣וּם חָ֑לֶד תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה כַּבֹּ֥קֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and more than.noon(s) it.will.rise lifespan it will.be.dark like the morning it.will.become

*JPS 1917:* And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2465.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/): 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).