[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%94-3/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [ח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/het/)‎ / חַלָּה‎

# חַלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2471

**a kind of cake** — used 14 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

a kind of cake [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חַלָּה: n.f. kind of cake [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a kind of cake (prob. as perforated, v. Di Lv 2:4)—ח׳ abs. Nu 15:20 Lv 24:5; cstr. חַלַּת Ex 29:23 + 4 times; pl. חַלּוֹת Lv 2:4 + 2 times; חַלֹּת Ex 29:2 + 3 times—used in offerings: at the sacrif. of David on removal of ark, given to each person as part of peace-offering 2 S 6:19. elsewhere only P (H Lv 24:5(×2)): of the 12 cakes of the table of the holy place, made of סלת Lv 24:5(×2). made of ראשׁית ערסת as an offering of first-fruits Nu 15:20. of לחם שׁמן, to be burnt with the עוֹלָה Ex 29:23 = Lv 8:26. of מַצָּה burnt on the altar with c Lv 8:26, but usually to be eaten by participants in the several forms of peace-offering Nu 6:19, and as such mingled with oil Ex 29:2 Lv 2:4 7:12(×2) Nu 6:15. ח׳ לחם חמץ to be used by the offerer in connexion with the unleavened cakes of d Lv 7:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a cake (6); cakes (6); cake (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 7:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.13/#tree)

עַל־חַלֹּת֙ לֶ֣חֶם חָמֵ֔ץ יַקְרִ֖יב קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ עַל־זֶ֖בַח תּוֹדַ֥ת שְׁלָמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* with cakes bread of.leaven he.will.present present his with the.sacrifice of.the.thanksgiving his.peace.offering(s) his

*JPS 1917:* With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.

[Numbers 15:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.20/#tree)

רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the.first your.dough(s) your a.cake you.will.offer.up a.contribution like a.contribution of.\[the\].threshing.floor so you.will.offer.up it

*JPS 1917:* Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2471.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/): 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).