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title: חֶלֶץ — Helez · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶלֶץ (2503), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Helez. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶלֶץ

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«חֶלֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Helez** — 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:** 2503 · **BDB:** חֶ֫לֶץ

### Glosses

Helez (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Helez [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (vigour). one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:26, 𝔊 Σελλης, A Ελλης, 𝔊L Χαλλης; = 1 Ch 11:27 𝔊 Χελλης, 𝔊L Ελλης; also 1 Ch 27:10 𝔊 Χεσλης, A 𝔊L Χελλης (in both, Baer חֶלֶץ, van d. H. חֵלֶץ). man of Judah 1 Ch 2:39 = חָ֑לֶץ v 39 𝔊 Χελλης 𝔊L Αλλαν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «חֶלֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2503/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.27/)

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שַׁמּוֹת֙ הַהֲרוֹרִ֔י חֶ֖לֶץ הַפְּלוֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Shammoth the Harorite Helez the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;

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[2 Samuel 23:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.26/)

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חֶ֚לֶץ הַפַּלְטִ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־עִקֵּ֖שׁ הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Helez the Paltite Ira the.son of.Ikkesh the Tekoite

*JPS 1917:* Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;

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