Deuteronomy 18:8:1Deut.18.8.W1TAB
חֵ֥לֶק
helek
“a portion”
- Transliteration
- HE-lek
- Extended
- HEE-lehk
- IPA
- /ˈħeːlɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a portion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HE-lek
- phraseyour reading level
HE-lek ke-HE-lek
- clause
HE-lek ke-HE-lek yo-khe-LU
- sentence
HE-lek ke-HE-lek yo-khe-LU le-VAD mim-ka-RAV al-ha-a-VOT
Exegesis
The distributive formula chelek kechelek {חֵ֥לֶק כְּחֵ֖לֶק | ke-ḥē-leq} opens the clause to indicate equal shares.
Root and etymology
Roothet–lamed–qof
“portion, share”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:8
They shall eat a portion corresponding to a portion, besides what comes from the sale of the estate .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:8, so the Hebrew word חֵ֥לֶק (helek) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.8.W1.S1) and character.