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# חֶלֶץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2503

**Helez** — 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

Helez [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶ֫לֶץ: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (vigour). one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:26, 𝔊 Σελλης, A Ελλης, 𝔊L Χαλλης; = 1 Ch 11:27 𝔊 Χελλης, 𝔊L Ελλης; also 1 Ch 27:10 𝔊 Χεσλης, A 𝔊L Χελλης (in both, Baer חֶלֶץ, van d. H. חֵלֶץ). man of Judah 1 Ch 2:39 = חָ֑לֶץ v 39 𝔊 Χελλης 𝔊L Αλλαν.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Helez (5).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 11:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.27/#tree)

שַׁמּוֹת֙ הַהֲרוֹרִ֔י חֶ֖לֶץ הַפְּלוֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Shammoth the Harorite Helez the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;

[2 Samuel 23:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.26/#tree)

חֶ֚לֶץ הַפַּלְטִ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־עִקֵּ֖שׁ הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Helez the Paltite Ira the.son of.Ikkesh the Tekoite

*JPS 1917:* Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2503.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/): 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).