{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2505",
  "lemma": "חָלַק",
  "transliteration": "châlaq",
  "definition": "to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate",
  "kjv": "deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion…",
  "occurrences": 65,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָלַק vb. be smooth, slippery",
    "Qal smooth, slippery",
    "Hiph. make smooth",
    "חָלַק vb",
    "חָלַק vb. divide, share",
    "Qal",
    "1. divide, apportion",
    "2. assign, distribute",
    "3. assign, impart",
    "4. share",
    "5. divide up = plunder the temple",
    "Niph. Impf.",
    "1. reflex. divide oneself",
    "2. pass. be divided",
    "3. trans. assign, distribute",
    "Pi.",
    "1. divide, apportion",
    "2. assign, distribute",
    "3. scatter",
    "Pu. be divided, of land",
    "Hithp. divide land among themselves",
    "Hiph. to receive a portion"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:15",
      "text": "He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:7",
      "text": "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:27",
      "text": "“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:9",
      "text": "The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 26:53",
      "text": "“To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=53"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 26:55",
      "text": "Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=55"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 26:56",
      "text": "According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=56"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 4:19",
      "text": "and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 29:25",
      "text": "and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they didn’t know and that he had not given to them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/29?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 13:7",
      "text": "Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/13?v=7"
    }
  ],
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