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title: חֶלְקָה — smooth part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶלְקָה (lemma:חֶלְקָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: smooth part. BDB 1906: n.f. smooth part, smoothness, flattery. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶלְקָה

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«חֶלְקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smooth part** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חֶלְקָה · **BDB:** חֶלְקָה²

### Glosses

smoothness (1); the.smooth.part (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smooth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. smooth part, smoothness, flattery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. smooth part, smoothness, flattery;—cstr. חֶלְקַת Gn 27:16; Pr 6:24; pl. חֲלָקוֹת ψ 12:3 + 3 times;— smoothness, smooth part חֶלְקַת צַוָּארָיו Gn 27:16. pl. slippery places ψ 73:18 fig. of situation of wicked. smoothness = flattery שְׂפַת ח׳ ψ 12:3, cf. v 4; חֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן Pr 6:24; = subst. pl. smooth things, i.e. agreeable, flattering things Is 30:10.—i. חֶלְקָה v. sub I. חלק.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶלְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.24/)

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לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* to keep you from a.woman of.evil from smoothness of.tongue a.foreign.\[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.

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[Genesis 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.16/)

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וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים הִלְבִּ֖ישָׁה עַל־יָדָ֑יו וְעַ֖ל חֶלְקַ֥ת צַוָּארָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.skins of.the.kids of the.goats she.clothed on hands his and on the.smooth.part his.neck(s) his

*JPS 1917:* And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.

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