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title: חַלָּה — a kind of cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַלָּה (2471), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: a kind of cake. BDB 1906: n.f. kind of cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַלָּה

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«חַלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a kind of cake** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 2471 · **BDB:** חַלָּה

### Glosses

a.cake (6); cakes (6); cake (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a kind of cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kind of cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a kind of cake (prob. as perforated, v. Di Lv 2:4)—ח׳ abs. Nu 15:20 Lv 24:5; cstr. חַלַּת Ex 29:23 + 4 times; pl. חַלּוֹת Lv 2:4 + 2 times; חַלֹּת Ex 29:2 + 3 times—used in offerings: at the sacrif. of David on removal of ark, given to each person as part of peace-offering 2 S 6:19. elsewhere only P (H Lv 24:5(×2)): of the 12 cakes of the table of the holy place, made of סלת Lv 24:5(×2). made of ראשׁית ערסת as an offering of first-fruits Nu 15:20. of לחם שׁמן, to be burnt with the עוֹלָה Ex 29:23 = Lv 8:26. of מַצָּה burnt on the altar with c Lv 8:26, but usually to be eaten by participants in the several forms of peace-offering Nu 6:19, and as such mingled with oil Ex 29:2 Lv 2:4 7:12(×2) Nu 6:15. ח׳ לחם חמץ to be used by the offerer in connexion with the unleavened cakes of d Lv 7:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2471/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.13/)

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עַל־חַלֹּת֙ לֶ֣חֶם חָמֵ֔ץ יַקְרִ֖יב קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ עַל־זֶ֖בַח תּוֹדַ֥ת שְׁלָמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* with cakes bread of.leaven he.will.present present his with the.sacrifice of.the.thanksgiving his.peace.offering(s) his

*JPS 1917:* With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.

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[Numbers 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.20/)

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רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the.first your.dough(s) your a.cake you.will.offer.up a.contribution like a.contribution of.\[the\].threshing.floor so you.will.offer.up it

*JPS 1917:* Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.

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