חלק

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Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ק (ḥ-l-q)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

חָלָק (khalák) (feminine חֲלָקָה, masculine plural חֲלָקִים, feminine plural חֲלָקוֹת)

  1. Slippery.
  2. Smooth.
  3. (colloquial) Uncomplicated, uneventful.
  4. (colloquial) Uneventfully, without a problem.

Noun

חֵלֶק (khélekm (plural indefinite חֲלָקִים, singular construct חֵלֶק־, plural construct חֶלְקֵי־)

  1. part, piece, portion, fraction
  2. (Judaism) helek (unit of time equal to the eighteenth part of a minute)
    • 12th century, רמב"ם הלכות קידוש החודש ו ב:
      היום והלילה ארבע ועשרים שעות בכל זמן. שתים עשרה ביום ושתים עשרה בלילה. והשעה מחולקת לאלף ושמנים חלקים
      The day and the night are twenty four hours at all times. Twelve in the day and twelve in the night. And the hour is divided to one thousand and eighty halakim.
    • 2016, אביגדור אמיתי, זמן המולד הממוצע ומקורותיו במשך הדורות:
      אין מסתבר להסביר שסטייה זו של הלוח העברי נובעת רק מהשיטה לחלק את השעה ל־1080 חלקים
      It's not reasonable to explain that this deviation of the Hebrew calendar derives only from the system that divides the hour to 1080 halakim.
    • 2007, אלון אולארצ'יק, משך הזמן ממולד הלבנה עד המולד הבא אחריו, אנציקלופדיה דעת:
      הקדמונים חילקו את השעה ל־1080 "חלקים". כל "חלק" הוא אפוא 3 שניות ושליש
      The ancient people divided the hour into 1080 "halakim". Every "helek" is therefore 3 seconds and one third.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: helek, chelek
  • Yiddish: חלק (kheylek)

Verb

חָלַק (khalák) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶחְלַק)

  1. to divide, to partition, to split
  2. (constructed with על ('al)) to disagree

Conjugation

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Related terms

Verb

חִלֵּק (khilék) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חילק

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חֵלֶק (khélek)

Pronunciation

Noun

חלק (kheylekm, plural חלקים (khalokim)

  1. part, piece, portion, fraction
    Synonym: טייל (teyl)
  2. (Judaism) helek (unit of time equal to the eighteenth part of a minute)

Derived terms