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Lamentations 3:24

“The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֵלֶקchêleq · khay'lek
H2506 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
Derivation: from H2505 (חָלַק);
KJV renderings: flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
Grammar: חֶלְקִ֤ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 67 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:24 Genesis 14:24 Genesis 31:14 Leviticus 6:10 Numbers 18:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 23 Verse 25

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.