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# חָלַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2505

**divide** — used 56 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

divide [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2505/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָלַק: vb. divide, share Pi. Niph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2505/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide, share (NH id.; Aramaic חֲלַק field, חוּלְּקָא portion, ܚܠܰܩ divide, determine, decree; Arabic خَلَقَ measure, measure off; Assyrian eḳlu, possession, field, JägerBAS ii. 296; Ethiopic ኈለቈ: i. 2, is enumerate, ኍልቍ, ኊለቅ enumeration, number)— Pf. ח׳ Dt 4:19 + 5 times; חָֽלְקוּ Jos 18:2; Impf. יַחֲלֹק Jb 27:17 Pr 17:2; 2 ms. sf. וַתַּחְלְקֵם Ne 9:22; 3 pl. וַיַּחְלְקוּ Jos 14:5; יַחֲלֹ֑קוּ 1 S 30:24; וַיַּחְלְקוּם 1 Ch 24:4, 5; תַּחְלְקוּ 2 S 19:30; Imv. חִלְקוּ Jos 22:8; Inf. לַחֲלֹק Ne 13:13; Pt. חוֹלֵק Pr 29:24;— divide, apportion, sq. acc. (of gods) and לְ pers. Dt 4:19; 29:25; acc. not expressed Ne 13:13 (ref. to offerings and tithes); c. acc. (of land) Jos 14:5 (P), 18:2 (JE), 2 S 19:30: obj. people Ne 9:22; ח׳ עִם divide with others Jos 22:8 (D?). assign, distribute: Levites over (על) temple 2 Ch 23:18, cf. 1 Ch 24:4, 5. assign, impart, sq. בַּבִּינָה & לְ Jb 39:17. share (in), sq. acc. silver Jb 27:17; inheritance Pr 17:2; spoil 1 S 30:24 (obj. om.); sq. עם have shares with ח׳ עם גַּנָּב Pr 29:24. divide up = plunder the temple, sq. acc. 2 Ch 28:21 (v. Be). Impf. יֵחָלֵק Nu 26:55 1 K 16:21; יֵחָ֫לֶק Jb 38:24; וַיֵּחָלֵק Gn 14:15; 3 fs. תֵּחָלֵק Nu 26:53; 26:56; וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵם (Baer) 1 Ch 23:6; 24:3 cf. Be & infr. sub Pi.;— reflex., divide oneself Gn 14:15 (i.e. one’s men). pass. be divided: apportioned, the land Nu 26:53, 55 (by lot) v 56 (id.); all P. of people, divided into two factions 1 K 16:21. of light, parted, spread abroad Jb 38:24. trans. assign, distribute 1 Ch 23:6; 24:3, but trans. Niph. is unlikely, v. infr. Pf. 3 pl. חִלֵּקוּ Jo 4:2; וְחִלַּקְתֶּם consec. Ez 47:21; sf. חִלְּקָם La 4:16; 3 fs. sf. חִלְּקַ֫תָּה Is 34:17; 2 ms. sf. וְחִלַּקְתָּם Ex 5:1;—Impf. יְחַלֵּק Gn 49:27 + 4 times, etc.; prob. read יְחַלְּקֵם 1 Ch 23:6; 24:3 (v. supr. Niph.), etc.; Imv. חַלֵּק Jos 13:7; Inf. חַלֵּק Jos 19:51 Pr 16:19; sf. חַלְּקָם Is 9:2— divide, apportion: food, at festival 2 S 6:19, sq. acc. & לְ = 1 Ch 16:3, garments ψ 22:19, sorrows Jb 21:17 (no לְ); give a portion to, sq. לְ (no acc. expr.) Is 53:12; a land Jo 4:2 (no ind. obj.) Jos 19:51 (P), also Mi 2:4, ψ 60:8 = 108:8, Dn 11:39; sq. acc. & לְ Jos 13:7; 18:10 1 K 18:6 Is 34:17 Ez 47:21; divide hair (symbol.) Ez 5:1; divide spoil (שָׁלָל) Is 9:2 Pr 16:19 Gn 49:27 (poem), Ex 15:9 (song); Ju 5:30 ψ 68:13 Is 53:12. assign, distribute: Levites to their service, prob. 1 Ch 23:6; 24:3 (v. supr.) scatter, sq. acc. Gn 49:7 (poem) (‖ הפיץ), La 4:16. Pf. חֻלַּק Is 33:23; וְחֻלַּק consec. Zc 14:1; Impf. 3 fs. תְּחֻלָּ֑ק Am 7:17; be divided, of land Am 7:17; spoil Is 33:23 Zc 14:1. Pf. וְהִתְחַלְּקוּ consec. Jos 18:5 divide (land) among themselves. Inf. לַחֲלִק Je 37:12; to receive a portion (denom. from חֵלֶק), but dub.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 55 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will be divided (6); I will divide up (2); divide (2).

## In the verses

[Job 27:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.17/#tree)

יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק׃

*Word for word:* he.will.prepare.\[it\] and a.righteous.\[person\] he.will.wear.\[it\] and.\[the\] silver \[the\].innocent he.will.divide.up

*JPS 1917:* He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

[Numbers 26:53](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.53/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.53/#tree)

לָאֵ֗לֶּה תֵּחָלֵ֥ק הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר שֵׁמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* to these it.will.be.divided the land (in).an inheritance by.\[the\] number of.names

*JPS 1917:* 'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2505.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2505/): 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).