I. חֵ֫לֶב noun masculine[Exod 29:13] fat (Late Hebrew id., fat, so Phoenician חלב (probably); Aramaic (also diaphragm in Lexicons, see PS1274) originally diaphragm, midriff; Arabic , including midriff-fat, RSSemitic i. 360); — ׳ח absolute [Lev 3:16] + 40 t.; construct [Gen 45:18] + 21 t.; suffix חֶלְבּוֺ [Lev 3:9] + 6 t.; חֶלְבָּהּ [Lev 4:31]; [Lev 4:35], חֶלְבָּם [Num 18:17], חֶלְבָּ֫מוֺ [Ps 17:10], חֶלְבְּהֶ֫ן [Lev 8:16]; [Lev 8:25] (read plural noun חלביהן Samaritan Di); plural הַחֲלָבִים [Lev 8:26] + 7 t.; construct חֶלְבֵי [Lev 6:5] + 4 t.; suffix חֶלְבֵהֶן [Gen 4:4] (חלביהן Samaritan Di, compare [Lev 8:16]; [Lev 8:25] above); —
1. fat of human body [Judg 3:22] (covering intestines); גִּבּוֺרִים׳ח [2Sam 1:22] as smearing warrior's shield; of grossness of wicked כִּסָּה פָּנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֺ [Job 15:27] fat (of midriff) figurative of unreceptive heart סָֽגְרוּ ׳ח [Ps 17:10], see also [Ps 73:7] (read מֵחֵלֶב עֲוֺנָמוֺ for מחלב עֵינֵמוֺ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi Ew Ol De Che Bae and others); ׳טָפַשׁ כַּח לִבָּם [Ps 119:70] i.e. their heart is as unresponsive as the midriff-fat near it.
2. fat of beasts:
\ \ a. as rich food (poetry) [Deut 32:14] and in simile [Ps 63:6] (|| דֶּשֶׁן); so ᵑ0 [Ezek 34:3] (but read הֶחָלָב, see חָלָב), [Ezek 39:19] (ᵑ6 Co בשׂר).
\ \ b. especially as offered in sacrifice, singular, to ׳י [Exod 23:18] (JE), [1Sam 2:15]; [1Sam 2:16]; [Exod 29:13] (twice in verse); [Exod 29:22] (3 t. in verse); [Lev 3:3] (twice in verse); [Lev 3:4]; [Lev 3:9] (3 t. in verse); [Lev 3:10]; [Lev 3:14] (twice in verse); [Lev 3:15] + 23 t. Leviticus; [Num 18:17] (all P), [Lev 17:6] (H), [1Sam 15:22]; [Isa 1:11]; [Isa 43:24]; [Ezek 44:7]; [Ezek 44:15] see [Isa 34:6] (twice in verse); [Isa 34:7] of fat of Edomites slaughtered by ׳י's sword (under figure of lambs, rams, and bulls); as eaten by (strange) gods [Deut 32:38] (poetry), not to be eaten by men [Lev 3:17]; [Lev 7:23]; [Lev 7:24] (twice in verse); [Lev 7:25] (all P); also plural, fat parts or pieces [Gen 4:4] (J) [Lev 6:5] + 8 t. Leviticus; [1Kgs 8:64] (twice in verse); [2Chr 7:7] (twice in verse); [2Chr 29:35]; [2Chr 35:14].
3. choicest, best part of products of land [Gen 45:18] (E), specifically of oil [Num 18:12] and wine v[Num 18:12] of corn and oil v[Num 18:29] v[Num 18:30] v[Num 18:32] also (poetry) כִּלְיוֺת חִטָּה ׳ח [Deut 32:14] kidney-fat of wheat (i.e. the very choicest, compare [Isa 34:6]), חִטָּה ׳ח [Ps 81:17], חִטִּים ׳ח [Ps 147:14].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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