חָלַק
Used: 9 times · Key: lemma:חָלַק · BDB: חָלַק²
Glosses
she.makes.smooth (2); [one.who].smooths (1); [who].flatters (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be smooth tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be smooth, slippery tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be smooth, slippery (NH adj. חָלָק smooth, empty, Arabic خَلَقَ make smooth, lie, forge, fabricate)— Pf. ח׳ Ho 10:2; 3 mpl. חָֽלְקוּ ψ 55:22;—smooth, slippery, only fig.: Ho 10:2 of heart of faithless Isr. (so Ew Ke Wü Now RVm), We false; > Vrss (not 𝔊) Hi St who read חֻלַּק, divided is their heart; 𝔊 ἐμέρισαν; of words, smooth ψ 55:22 i.e. deceptive (‖ רַכּוּ דְבָרָיו מִשֶּׁמֶן). Pf. הֶחֱלִיק ψ 36:3, הֶחֱלִיקָה Pr 2:16; 7:5; Impf. יַחֲלִיקוּן ψ 5:10; Pt. מַחֲלִיק Pr 28:23 + 2 times; make smooth: lit. of idol-maker Is 41:7 c. acc. instr. פַּטִּישׁ hammer. fig. the tongue, i.e. flatter with it ψ 5:10; Pr 28:23, words, Pr 2:16; 7:5 אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה; abs. deal smoothy, sq. אֶל־ ψ 36:3, עַל Pr 29:5.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חָלַק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ אָדָ֣ם אַ֭חֲרַי חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק לָשֽׁוֹן׃
Word for word: [one.who].reproves a.person after favor he.will.find more than.[one.who].makes.smooth [the].tongue
JPS 1917: He that rebuketh a man shall in the end find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃
Word for word: a.man [who].flatters to neighbor his a.net [is].spreading on footsteps his
JPS 1917: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
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