Lexicon chelekah: hapless, unfortunate Original Word: חֵלְכָהPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chelekah Phonetic Spelling: (khay-lek-aw') Short Definition: unfortunate NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionhapless, unfortunate NASB Translationunfortunate (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs ֵחלְכָה read חַלְכֶּה, חֶלְכֶּה, or חָלְכֶּה, adjective helpless, unfortunate, only as substantive hapless, luckless one(s) — לְֵחלְכָה Psalm 10:8, ᵐ5 εἰς τὸν πένητα, ᵑ6 ᵑ7; חֵלֶ֑כָה Psalm 10:14 ᵐ5 ὁ πτωχός; חלכאים Psalm 10:10 Kt, read plural חַלְכָּאִים (׳חֶל, ׳חָל); Qr חֵל כָּאִים ᵐ5 τῶν πενήτων. In all text and meaning dubious (ᵑ0 reads חֵלְכָה = חֵילְךָ thine army; and חֵל כָּאִים Psalm 10:10 army of dejected ones, but this against usage of חֵל, and no such figurative sense of חַיִל, see O1 Hup De Bae Che, and critical note) [כָּאֶה] adjective cowed, Psalm 10:10 Qr חֵל כָּאִים; host of cowed ones, but read Kt חלכאים.
Strong's poor Or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}; apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy; a wretch, i.e. Unfortunate -- poor. |
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