חֵלֶק (ḥēleq) is a Hebrew noun meaning smoothness. It appears 67 times in 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2506).

Also rendered

• portion

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 669a)

Root family 669: חָלַק ḥālaq — I, share, divide, allot, apportion, assign. RSV and KJV also “assign.”

• חָלַק ḥālaq — be smooth
• מַחֲלֹקֶת maḥălōqet — division
• חֲלֻקָּה ḥăluqqâ — part

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