{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2506",
  "lemma": "חֵלֶק",
  "transliteration": "chêleq",
  "definition": "properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment",
  "kjv": "flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.",
  "occurrences": 67,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2505",
      "lemma": "חָלַק",
      "transliteration": "châlaq",
      "meaning": "to be smooth",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2505"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חֵ֫לֶק n.[m.] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only sg. cstr. Pr 7:21",
    "חֵ֫לֶק n.m",
    "חֵ֫לֶק n.m. portion, tract, territory",
    "1. portion, share",
    "2. portion, tract, of land",
    "3. hence portion, i.e. (acquired) possession",
    "4. chosen portion, habitual mode of life",
    "5. portion, award, from God"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:24",
      "text": "I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:14",
      "text": "Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 6:10",
      "text": "It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/6?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 18:20",
      "text": "The LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 31:36",
      "text": "The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 10:9",
      "text": "Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/10?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:12",
      "text": "You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 14:27",
      "text": "You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 14:29",
      "text": "The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 18:1",
      "text": "The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=1"
    }
  ],
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