The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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חֲלָק‏ n.m. portion

portion OfA^Gen, OfA^Mesop, OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, BA^Ezra, BA^Dan, Nabatean, Jud, Gal, Sam. Ezra4:16 : לָקֳבֵל דְּנָה חֲלָק בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָא לָא אִיתַי לָךְ‏ accordingly you have no portion in Transeuphratia. Dan4:20 : וְעִם־חֵיוַת בָּרָא חֲלָקֵהּ‏ . of land OfA^Gen, JLAtg, PTA. TgJ Ez45:7 : וְאוּרכָא לִקבֵיל חַד מִן חֳלָקַיָא מִתְחוּם מַערְבָא עַל תְחוּם מַדנְחָא‏ the length facing each of the portions is from the western border up to the eastern border. TN Ex22:4var. : חקל/חלק/ או כרם‏ . a piece of meat JLAtg. TgJ Mi3:3 : כְמָא דִמפַלְגִין אַברַיָא לְגוֹ דוּדָא וַחֲלָקַיָא לְגוֹ קִדרָא‏ as they divide up the limbs into the cauldron and the sections into the cooking pot [MT: וּכְבָשָׂר בְּתוֹךְ קַלָּחַת].

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