חָלָב noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic חַלָבָּא, , Phoenician חלב; Arabic noun fresh milk, verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see DlPr 174; Ethiopic ) — ׳ח absolute [Gen 18:18] + 35 t. + [Ezek 34:3] (see below); construct חֲלֵב [Exod 23:19] + 5 t.; suffix חֲלָבִי [Song 5:1], חֲלָבֵךְ [Ezek 25:4] — milk:
\ \ a. as common food [Gen 18:8] (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, q. v.), חֲלֵב צאֹן [Deut 32:14] (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in [Judg 5:25] חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב: — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה [Prov 30:33] a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה [Isa 7:22] because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב [1Sam 17:18] cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) [Job 21:24] (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (׳נאֹוד ח) [Judg 4:19] men drank it (שׁתה) [Ezek 25:4] (compare השׁקה [Judg 4:19]), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב [Ezek 34:3] (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי ׳הֲלֹא כֶח [Job 10:10] hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically (1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ [Prov 27:27] milk of goats for thy food (RSSemitic i. 204). (2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ [Exod 23:19] = [Exod 34:26] (JE) = [Deut 14:21], compare ׳טְלֵה ח [1Sam 7:9] sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings ׳גְּמוּלֵי מֵח [Isa 28:9] weaned from milk (|| עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם [Isa 60:16] and thou shalt suck the milk of nations (|| תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים). (3) ׳ח with wine, as especially delicacy [Song 5:1] (see De), figurative of ׳י's choicest blessings [Isa 55:1]. (4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey [Exod 3:8]; [Exod 3:17]; [Exod 13:5]; [Exod 33:3]; [Num 13:27]; [Num 14:8]; [Num 16:13]; [Num 16:14] (all J E), [Lev 20:24] (H), [Deut 6:3]; [Deut 11:9]; [Deut 26:9]; [Deut 26:15]; [Deut 27:3]; [Deut 31:20]; [Josh 5:6]; [Jer 11:5]; [Jer 32:22]; [Ezek 20:6]; [Ezek 20:15] in Messianic time the hills ׳תֵּלַכְנָה ח [Joel 4:18] (|| יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ ׳דְּבַשׁ וְח [Song 4:12] honey and milk are under thy tongue.
\ \ b. milk as white ׳לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח [Gen 49:12] white of teeth, from milk; ׳צַחוּ מֵח [Lam 4:7] they were whiter than milk (|| זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) ׳רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח [Song 5:12] bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RSSemitic 204.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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