H2457 חֶלְאָה

חֶלְאָה (chelʼâh), Strong’s H2457: properly, disease; hence, rust KJV: scum.. Occurs 5 times.

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chelʼâh — properly, disease; hence, rust

KJV: scum.

Derived from חָלָא châlâʼ (https://besorah.bible/word/H2456) (to be sick)

Occurs 5 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [חֶלְאָה] n.f. rust (perh. as filth)

Where it occurs
- Ezekiel 24:6 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=6) — “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone…
- Ezekiel 24:11 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=11) — Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in…
- Ezekiel 24:12 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=12) — She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.