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title: חֲלָק — portion · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲלָק (lemma:חֲלָק), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: portion. BDB 1906: portion, possession, lot. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלָק

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«חֲלָק» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **portion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲלָק · **BDB:** חֲלָק

### Glosses

portion (2); possession (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

portion, possession, lot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] portion, possession, lot (v. BH);—abs. ח׳ possession in land Ezr 4:16; sf. חֲלָקֵהּ Dn 4:12, 20, i.e. his appointed lot.

### Jastrow 1903

חוּלַּק: portion, share [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , portion, share. Targ. Deut. XIV, 27. Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 22; a. fr.—Y. Yeb. VII, 8ᵇ top נסבה ח׳ וכ׳ she is entitled to a share with her sisters. B. Bath. 142ᵇ אית ח׳ לטליא או וכ׳ is the young man (to whom a share equal to that of the eventual future issue from a second wife was promised as a donation) entitled to that share besides the inheritance with the other children, or not?—Pl. חוּלָּקִין, חוּלָּקַיָּא. Targ. Gen. XLVII, 24 (Y. חוּלְקִין). Targ. Ez. XLVIII, 21 (ed. Lag. חֻלְקַיָּא); a. e. V. חֶלְקָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b8_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/)

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מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[are\].making.known we to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished (to) before this possession in the.region.beyond the river not there \[will be\].to.you

*JPS 1917:* We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'

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[Daniel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/)

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בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the animal\[s\] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

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