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title: חֶלְקָי — Helkai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶלְקָי (2517), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Helkai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶלְקָי

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«חֶלְקָי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Helkai** — 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:** 2517 · **BDB:** חֶלְקָ֑י

### Glosses

Helkai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Helkai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2517/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2517/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. priest, time of Joiakim son of Jeshua, Ne 12:15 (perhaps abbrev. for חלקיהו, (q.v.), 𝔊L Χελκιας (B om.)

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶלְקָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2517/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.15/)

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לְחָרִ֣ם עַדְנָ֔א לִמְרָי֖וֹת חֶלְקָֽי׃

*Word for word:* of Harim Adna of Meraioth Helkai

*JPS 1917:* of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

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