Strong's Lexicon

H2489

H2489 — חֵלְכָא חֵלְכָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchelkaadjectiveOccurrences: 3TWOT: 659a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2489
Word:חֵלְכָא חֵלְכָה
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:chelka
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khay-lek-aw' (or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}) adj.
Meaning:1. a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
KJV Renderings:poor.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2776

ֵ˜חלְכָה read חַלְכֶּה, חֶלְכֶּה, or חָלְכֶּה, adjective helpless, unfortunate, only as substantive hapless, luckless one(s)לְֵ˜חלְכָה Ps 10:8, ᵐ5 εἰς τὸν πένητα, ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ; חֵלֶ֑כָה Ps 10:14 ᵐ5 ὁ πτωχός; חלכאים Ps 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 Ps 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)


BDB3877

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


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חלכה (g’heh-l’)

Psalms 10:8

KJV: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.are…: Heb. hide themselves
EHCC: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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