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מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת noun feminine division, course (almost wholly Chronicles) — ׳ מ absolute 1Chr 27:1; 1Chr 27:2 construct 1Chr 27:4 suffix מַחֲלֻקְתּוֺ 1Chr 27:2 + 14 t. 1Chr 27 absolute מַחְלְקוֺת 1Chr 23:6 + 6 t. Chronicles + 1Sam 23:28 (see below); construct id. 1Chr 26:12 + 5 t. Chronicles + Neh 11:36 suffix מַחְלְקוֺתֵיכֶם 2Chr 35:4 מַחְלְקוֺתֵיהֶם 2Chr 31:16; 2Chr 31:17 מַחְלְקוֺתָם 1Chr 24:1 + 3 t. in Chronicles; מַחְלְקֹתָם Josh 11:23; Josh 12:7; Josh 18:10; Ezek 48:29 —
1.
division, part, of land assigned to the several tribes of Israel Josh 11:23; Josh 12:7 ( both
D
) Josh
18:10 (
J
E
; others, divisions of Israel, but see) Ezek 48:29.
2. technical term of organization of priests and Levites (late), 1Chr 23:6; 1Chr 24:1; 1Chr 26:1; 1Chr 26:12; 1Chr 26:19; 2Chr 8:14 (twice in verse); 2Chr 31:2 (twice
in verse); 2Chr 35:4
; 2Chr 35:10
; Neh 11:36
+ 25 t. in Chronicles, + (of royal officials) 1Chr 28:1 — סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֺת proper name 1Sam 23:28 was
popularly connected with this √, = rock of divisions, where Saul and David parted from
neighbourhood of each other (Dr) so
Vrss
Th and others; Bö
Klo, where their forces lay divided from each other; originally connection
was perhaps with II. חלק, smooth, slippery;
Ges
De
W
Ke and others explanation here as rock of escapes,
but this meaning for חלק dubious.