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II . חֶלְאָה S 2457, 2458 TWOT 649a GK 2689, 2690 n.pr.f. ( meaning dub.) —wife of

Ashḫur (of Judah) ‘father’ of Tekoah 1 Ch 4:5 , 7 Ö Αωδα, Αοαδα, Αλαα, Ελαα, Ελεα .

חֲלָאִים v. חֲלִי sub III. חלה .

חֵלָ˜אמָה v. חֵילָם sub I. חול .

חלב TWOT 650, 651 ( of foll.; meaning unknown ) .

חָלָב S 2461 TWOT 650a GK 2692 n.m. milk ( NH id. (and vb. denom.); Aramaic

חַלְבָּא , ܚܰܠܒܳܐ ( ḥalbo ), Ph. חלב ; Arabic حَلِيبٌ ( ḥalībun ) n. fresh milk ,

حَلَبَ ( ḥalaba ) vb. milk; Assyrian alibu , milk , v. Dl Pr 174; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ḥalib ) ) ח׳ abs. Gn 18:18 + 35 times + Ez 34:3 ( v. infr .); cstr. חֲלֵב Ex 23:19 + 5 times; sf. חֲלָבִי Ct 5: 1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ez 25: 4;— milk: a. as common food Gn 18:8 ( J ; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd , q.v. ), חֲלֵב צֹאן Dt 32:14 (poet.; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר ); in Ju 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה ; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב :— מִיץ חָלָב יֹוצִיא חֶמְאָה Pr 30:33 a pressing ( squeezing ) of milk produces curd; עֲשֹׂות חָלָב יֹאכַל חֶמְאָה מֵרֹב Is 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; cf. also הֶחָלָב חֲרִצֵי 1 S 17:18 cuts of milk , i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails ( עֲטִינָיו ) Jb 21:24 ( v. Ew De Di V B), and kept in skins ( נֹאוד ח׳ ) Ju 4:19 ; men drank it ( שׁתה ) Ez 25:4 ( cf. השׁקה Ju 4:1 9), but also ate it ( אכל ), if emend. הֶחָלָב Ez 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב ) is right, Ö É Bö Hi - Sm C o, al. ; it was poured out, v. sim. of formation of the embryo הֲלֹא כֶח׳ תַּתִּיכֵנִי Jb 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specif. (1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Pr 27:27 milk of goats for thy food ( RS Sem i. 204). (2) c. אֵם mother’s milk: of kid לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמֹּו Ex 23:19 = 34:26 (JE) = Dt 14:2 1, cf. טְלֵה ח׳ 1 S 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrif.); but also of human beings גְּמוּלֵי מֵח׳ Is 28:9 weaned from milk ( || עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ˜יִם ); fig. in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גֹּויִם Is 60:16

S. Bochart. Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). RS W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites.

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