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title: מַחֲלֹקֶת — division · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲלֹקֶת (4256), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: division. BDB 1906: n.f. division, course. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲלֹקֶת

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«מַחֲלֹקֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **division** — 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:** 42 times · **Key:** 4256 · **BDB:** מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת

### Glosses

division (16); divisions (10); the.divisions (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

division [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4256/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. division, course [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4256/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. division, course (almost wholly Chr.)—מ׳ abs. 1 Ch 27:1, 2; cstr. 1 Ch 27:4; sf. מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ 1 Ch 27:2 + 14 times 1 Ch 27; abs. מַחְלְקוֹת 1 Ch 23:6 + 6 times Ch + 1 S 23:28 (v. infr.); cstr. id. 1 Ch 26:12 + 5 times Ch + Ne 11:36; sf. מַהְלְקוֹתֵיכֶם 2 Ch 35:4; מַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶם 2 Ch 31:16, 17; מַחְלְקוֹתָם 1 Ch 24:1 + 3 times in Ch; מַחְלְקֹתָם Jos 11:23; 12:7; 18:10 Ez 48:29;— division, part, of land assigned to the several tribes of Isr. Jos 11:23; 12:7 (both D) 18:10 (JE; others, divisions of Isr., but v.) Ez 48:29. techn. term of organization of priests and Levites (late), 1 Ch 23:6; 24:1; 26:1, 12, 19 2 Ch 8:14(×2); 31:2(×2); 35:4, 10 Ne 11:36 + 26 times in Ch., + (of royal officials) 1 Ch 28:1.—סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת n.pr. 1 S 23:28 was popularly connected with this √, = rock of divisions, where Saul and David parted from neighbourhood of each other (Dr) so Vrss Th al.; Bö Klo, where their forces lay divided from each other; orig. connex. was perhaps with II. חלק, smooth, slippery; Ges De W Ke al. expl. here as rock of escapes, but this meaning for חלק dubious.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלֹקֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4256/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.36/)

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וּמִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מַחְלְק֥וֹת יְהוּדָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃פ

*Word for word:* and some.of the Levites the.divisions of.Judah \[belonged\].to Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

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[1 Chronicles 26:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.19/)

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אֵ֗לֶּה מַחְלְקוֹת֙ הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הַקָּרְחִ֖י וְלִבְנֵ֥י מְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.divisions of the.gatekeepers of the.descendants of the.Korahite\[s\] and of the.descendants of.Merari

*JPS 1917:* These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

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