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Job 17:5
“He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֵלֶקchêleq · khay'lek
H2506 · Hebrew
H2506 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- Derivation
- from H2505 (חָלַק);
- KJV renderings
- flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
- Grammar
- לְ֭ — preposition
- חֵלֶק — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 67 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:24Genesis 14:24Genesis 31:14Leviticus 6:10Numbers 18:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֵלֶק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.