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# חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2519

**smoothness** — used 4 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

smoothness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת: n.pl.f.abstr. smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, fine promises [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.f.abstr. smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, fine promises; slipperiness יהי־דרכם חשׁך וַחֲלַקְלַקֹּת ψ 35:6; יהיה דרכם להם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת Je 23:12. fine promises והחזיק מלכוּת בַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת Dn 11:21; cf. 11:34.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: intrigues (2); slippery places (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 35:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.6/#tree)

יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּ֗ם חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְ֝הוָ֗ה רֹדְפָֽם׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be way their darkness and slippery.places and the.angel of.Yahweh \[be\].pursuing them

*JPS 1917:* Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

[Daniel 11:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.34/#tree)

וּבְהִכָּ֣שְׁלָ֔ם יֵעָזְר֖וּ עֵ֣זֶר מְעָ֑ט וְנִלְו֧וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רַבִּ֖ים בַּחֲלַקְלַקּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and when stumble they they.will.be.helped help a.little and they.will.join.themselves to them many.\[people\] by intrigues

*JPS 1917:* Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2519.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/): 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).