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title: חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת — smoothness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת (2519), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: smoothness. BDB 1906: n.pl.f.abstr. smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, fine promises. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת

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«חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smoothness** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2519 · **BDB:** חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת

### Glosses

intrigues (2); slippery.places (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smoothness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.f.abstr. smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, fine promises [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.f.abstr. smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, fine promises; slipperiness יהי־דרכם חשׁך וַחֲלַקְלַקֹּת ψ 35:6; יהיה דרכם להם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת Je 23:12. fine promises והחזיק מלכוּת בַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת Dn 11:21; cf. 11:34.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2519/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 35:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.6/)

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יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּ֗ם חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְ֝הוָ֗ה רֹדְפָֽם׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be way their darkness and slippery.places and the.angel of.Yahweh \[be\].pursuing them

*JPS 1917:* Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

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[Daniel 11:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.34/)

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וּבְהִכָּ֣שְׁלָ֔ם יֵעָזְר֖וּ עֵ֣זֶר מְעָ֑ט וְנִלְו֧וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רַבִּ֖ים בַּחֲלַקְלַקּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and when stumble they they.will.be.helped help a.little and they.will.join.themselves to them many.\[people\] by intrigues

*JPS 1917:* Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments.

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