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title: חֶלֶד — duration · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶלֶד (2465), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: duration. BDB 1906: duration, world. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶלֶד

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«חֶלֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **duration** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2465 · **BDB:** חֶ֫לֶד

### Glosses

lifespan (2); \[is\].lifespan (1); of.\[the\].world (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

duration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

duration, world [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] Jb 11:17 duration, world (= αἰών) (Arabic خُلْدٌ perpetual duration, eternity)—abs. ח׳ ψ 17:14; חָ֑לֶד Jb 11:17 + 2 times + Is 38:11 Che De, sq. Cod. Bab. etc. (Baer חָ֑דֶל); sf. חֶלְדִּי ψ 39:6; = duration of life Jb 11:17 ψ 39:6 (‖ יָמַי), זְכֹר אֲנִי מֶה־חָ֑לֶד 89:48 of what duration I am Dr§ 189. 2, or (אדני for אני) what is life(?) Hi Ew Now al.; world (= αἰών, not κόσμος) ψ 17:14; 49:2 (ישׁבי ח׳ ‖ כל־עמים), cf. Is 38:11 (v. supr.; ‖ אֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶלֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2465/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 49:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.2/)

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שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֭את כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינוּ כָּל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חָֽלֶד׃

*Word for word:* hear this O.all the peoples give.ear O.all \[the\].inhabitants of.\[the\].world

*JPS 1917:* Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

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[Job 11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.17/)

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וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם יָק֣וּם חָ֑לֶד תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה כַּבֹּ֥קֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and more than.noon(s) it.will.rise lifespan it will.be.dark like the morning it.will.become

*JPS 1917:* And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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