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title: חַלֻּק — smooth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַלֻּק (2512), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: smooth. BDB 1906: adj. smooth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַלֻּק

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«חַלֻּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smooth** — 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:** 2512 · **BDB:** חַלֻּק

### Glosses

smooth.\[ones\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smooth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2512/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. smooth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2512/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. smooth, only pl. cstr. חַלֻּקֵי אֲבָנִים 1 S 17:40 smooth ones of (among) stones = smooth (or smoothest?) stones Ges§§ 132 P 2. 133, 3 DrSm.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַלֻּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2512/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.40/)

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וַיִּקַּ֨ח מַקְל֜וֹ בְּיָד֗וֹ וַיִּבְחַר־ל֣וֹ חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה חַלֻּקֵֽי־אֲבָנִ֣ים ׀ מִן־הַנַּ֡חַל וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹ֠תָם בִּכְלִ֨י הָרֹעִ֧ים אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וּבַיַּלְק֖וּט וְקַלְּע֣וֹ בְיָד֑וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖שׁ אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.took staff his in hand his and he.chose for himself five smooth.\[ones\] of.stones from the wadi and he.put them in the.bag of.(the) shepherds which \[belonged\].to him and in the pouch and sling his \[was\].in hand his and he.drew.near to the Philistine

*JPS 1917:* And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip; and his sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.

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