Etymology?:
from ḥālaq חָלַק ‘to divide / to smooth’
Roots:
חלק
Variants: חֵ֫לֶק, חֵ֫לֶק
ḥēleq n, m
A1) portion, share, part, territory
1a) portion, share
1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land)
1c) one's portion, one's possession
1d) (chosen) portion
1e) portion, award (from God)
B1) smoothness, seductiveness, flattery
Mentioned in Genesis 31:14, 14:24 Codex Leviticus 6:10 Numbers 18:20, 31:36 Deuteronomy 18:8, 10:9, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 18:1, 32:9 Joshua 15:13, 22:27, 18:7, 22:25, 18:6, 18:9, 14:4, 18:5, 19:9 1 Samuel 30:24 2 Samuel 20:1 1 Kings 12:16 2 Kings 9:10, 9:36, 9:37 Isaiah 17:14, 57:6, 61:7 Jeremiah 10:16, 51:19 Ezekiel 45:7, 48:8, 48:21 Hosea 5:7 Amos 7:4 Micah 2:4 Habakkuk 1:16 Zechariah 2:16 Psalms 142:6, 73:26, 50:18, 119:57, 16:5, 17:14 Proverbs 7:21 Job 20:29, 27:13, 31:2, 32:17, 17:5 Lamentations 3:24 Ecclesiastes 9:6, 2:21, 3:22, 5:18, 9:9, 5:17, 2:10, 11:2 Nehemiah 2:20 2 Chronicles 10:16