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ḥālāv חָלָב ‘milk’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as ḥēlev חֵ֫לֶב ‘fat’
Roots: חלב חלב

ḥālāv n, m
1) milk, sour milk, cheese
 1a) milk
 1b) abundance of the land (metaph.)
 1c) white (as milk)

Mentioned in Genesis 18:8, 49:12 Exodus 13:5, 23:19, 34:26, 3:8, 3:17, 33:3 Codex Leviticus 20:24 Numbers 16:14, 13:27, 14:8, 16:13 Deuteronomy 6:3, 11:9, 26:15, 27:3, 31:20, 14:21, 32:14, 26:9 Joshua 5:6 Judges 5:25, 4:19 1 Samuel 17:18, 7:9 Isaiah 60:16, 55:1, 7:22, 28:9 Jeremiah 11:5, 32:22 Ezekiel 25:4, 20:6, 20:15 Joel 4:18 Proverbs 30:33, 27:27 Job 10:10, 21:24 Song of Songs 5:1, 5:12, 4:11 Lamentations 4:7

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