1 portion, share:

a. of booty Genesis 14:24 (twice in verse); Numbers 31:36 (P) 1 Samuel 30:24 (twice in verse).

b. of food Leviticus 6:10 (P); יאכלו ׳כּח ׳ח Deuteronomy 18:8; = food Habakkuk 1:16 ("" מַאֲכָל); so (of unrestricted charity) Ecclesiastes 11:2 see Now.

c. followed by בְּ, share or interest in Ecclesiastes 9:6, with idea of obligation to Genesis 31:14 (E; in father's house), 2 Samuel 20:1 = 1 Kings 12:16 2Chronicles 10:16 (in royal line; all "" נַחֲלָה); of right (privilege) in ביהוה ׳ח Joshua 22:25,27 (P); Nehemiah 2:20 (in Jerusalem; + צְדָקָה וְזִכָּרוֺן),

d. proper share or part אַעֲנֶה חֶלְקִי Job 32:17 i.e. I will do my part in replying. Especially

2 portion, tract, of land:

a. as distributive at conquest Joshua 19:9, seven portions Joshua 18:5,6,9 (all J E) Joshua 18:7 (J E; + נחלה in "" clause), Joshua 15:13; Joshua 19:9 (both P); none for tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27,29; Deuteronomy 18:1; Joshua 18:7 (all D; "" נחלה), Joshua 14:4 (P), none for priests Numbers 18:20 (P; "" verb נחל).

b. of land possessed by people Hosea 5:7; Micah 2:4.

c. portion to be assigned after exile Isaiah 61:7; Ezekiel 45:7; Ezekiel 48:8,21, חֶלְקוֺ עַלאַֿדְמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ Zechariah 2:16.

d. specifically of town-land, district about a town, יִזְרְעֵאל ׳ח 2 Kings 9:10,36 + 1 Kings 21:23 (ᵑ0 חֵל), ׳יִזְ ׳הַשָּׂדֶה בְּח 1 Kings 21:37.

e. הַחֵלֶק Amos 7:4 (opposed to תְּהוֺם) apparently of land of Israel

3 hence portion, i.e. (acquired) possession:

a. of people as ׳יs possession Deuteronomy 32:9 ("" חֶבֶל נחלתו); but especially

b. of ׳י as possession of his servants: of priests, as enjoying perquisites of altar Numbers 18:20 (P; "" נחלה), in spiritual sense Psalm 73:26; Psalm 119:57; Lamentations 3:24; מְנָת חֶלְקִי ׳י Psalm 16:5; בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים ׳ח Psalm 142:6; hence יעקב ׳ח of ׳י Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19 (שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתוֺ in "" clause)

4 chosen portion, habitual mode of life ׳עִםמְֿנָאֲפִים ח Psalm 50:18 with adulterers is thy chosen life (companionship, shewing character); בְּחַלְּקֵינַֿחַל חֶלְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:6 among smooth (things i.e. stones) of a brook-bed is thy chosen life (of idolatrous habit; see חָלָק); חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים Psalm 17:14.

5 portion, award, from God אֱלוֺהַּ ׳ח Job 31:2 ("" נחלה); specifically of punishment of wicked Isaiah 17:14 ("" גּוֺרָל), עִםאֵֿל Job 27:13, מֵאֱלֹהִים Job 20:29 ("" נחלה); = profit, reward חֶלְקִי מִכָּלעֲֿמָלִי Ecclesiastes 2:10, compare Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 9:9. — לְחֵלָק Job 17:5 is dubious: a share of feast, or of booty, Kmp Hi; a prey, spoil, Ew Di Da; AV flattery does not suit context.

III. חֵ֫לֶק noun [masculine] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only singular construct בְּחֵלֶק שְׁפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Proverbs 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him ("" הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ). — I. and II. חֵלֶק see below I. חלק.