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Strong's #2489 - חֵלְכָא

Transliteration

chêlᵉkâʼ

Phonetics

khay-lek-aw', khay-lek-aw'

Root Word (Etymology)

apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (fig.) unhappy

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TWOT

659a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hapless, poor, unfortunate person

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3993 ‑ πένης (pen'‑ace); 4434 ‑ πτωχός (pto‑khos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Psalms 2

NAS (3)

Psalms 3

HCS (3)

Psalms 3

BSB (3)

Psalms 3

ESV (3)

Psalms 3

WEB (3)

Psalms 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2163) k l h (ההלכ HhLK) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Helpless

N^f1 ) e k l h (ההלכה HhLKH) - Helpless: [df: aklx] KJV (4): poor - Strongs: H2489 (חֵלְכָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

ֵחלְכָה read חַלְכֶּה, חֶלְכֶּה, or חָלְכֶּה,

adjective helpless, unfortunate, only as substantive hapless, luckless one(s) — לְֵחלְכָה Psalm 10:8, ᵐ5 εἰς τὸν πένητα, ᵑ6ᵑ7; חֵלֶ֑כָה Psalm 10:14 ᵐ5 ὁ πτωχός; חלכאים Psalm 10:10 Kt, read plural חַלְכָּאִים (׳חֶל, ׳חָל); Qr חֵל כָּאִיםᵐ5 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 O1Hup De Bae Che, and critical note)

[כָּאֶה] adjective cowed, Psalm 10:10 Qr חֵל כָּאִים; host of cowed ones, but read Kt חלכאים.

List of Word Forms

חֵלֶ֑כָה חלכה כָּאִֽים׃ כאים׃ לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה לחלכה cheLechah ḥê·le·ḵāh ḥêleḵāh kā’îm kā·’îm kaIm lə·ḥê·lə·ḵāh lecheleChah ləḥêləḵāh