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title: חֵלֶף — Heleph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵלֶף (2501), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Heleph. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵלֶף

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«חֵלֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Heleph** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2501 · **BDB:** חֵ֫לֶף²

### Glosses

Heleph (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Heleph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2501/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2501/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Naphtali, site unknown Jos 19:33.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵלֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2501/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.33/)

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וַיְהִ֣י גְבוּלָ֗ם מֵחֵ֨לֶף מֵֽאֵל֜וֹן בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֗ים וַאֲדָמִ֥י הַנֶּ֛קֶב אֲדָמִ֥י הַנֶּ֛קֶב וְיַבְנְאֵ֖ל עַד־לַקּ֑וּם וַיְהִ֥י תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was border their from Heleph from.\[the\] great.tree in Zaanannim and Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and it.was extremities its the Jordan

*JPS 1917:* And their border was from Heleph, from Elon-beza-anannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan.

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