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ḥlq, ḥlqˀ (ḥleq, ḥelqā) n.m. fate
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fate
Gal, Syr, JBAmb, Man
T-S Misc. 27.4.11↗ כן יקד ליבא ד׳׳ בן פל׳ וכוליתיה בתרי ובתר גדי ובתר חלקי‏ : so may the heart and kidneys of so-and-so burn after [i.e. yearn for] me and my fortune and my fate (or: portion) ; LawsCoun.26.17↗ ܡܢ ܦܘܣܩܢܐ ܗܘ ܕܚܠܩܐ ܡܬܕܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܒ̈ܢܝܢܫܐ܃ ܒܙܒܢ ܣܢܝܐܝܬ ܘܒܙܒܢ ܫܦܝܪܐܝܬ‏ : it is by the decree of fate that humans' lives are directed, sometimes despicably, sometimes well ; Ps-Clem Hom 14.332:1↗ ܓܘܕܦܐ ܗ݂ܘ ܓܝܪ ܕܐܢܫ ܢܐܡܪ ܕܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܚܠܩܐ ܡܬܕܒܪ‏ : is it blasphemy then for one to say that everything is governed by fate? ; JBAmb2 35:7↗ כל שום דאית לה מן כוכבה וחילקה ומזאלה‏ : every name he has from (astrological effect of) his star, his fate, and his constellation ; GY 11:1↗ hamša utrisar bhilqaihun lamdabria : the five (planets) and the twelve (zodiacal signs) do not guide their fate
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fortunate event
Man
AM 44:11↗ kḏ mapiq tlatin šnia hilqa šapira hauilẖ : when he finishes thirty year he will have a fortunate event
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piece(?) for casting lots
Palmyrene
PAT+12.2:3↗ mḥdˀ dy kspˀ lḥlq : a silver m-vessel for lot casting
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See also s.v. ḥwlq.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 460[237]DJBA: 456bJastrow: 474Drower/Macuch: 1451, 148a

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