BDB2820 [H4256]
1. division, part , of land assigned to the several tribes of Israel Josh 11:23; Josh 12:7 ( both D ) Josh 18:10 (J E ; others, divisions of Israel, but see) Ezek 48:29.
2. techn. term of organization of priests and Levites (late), 1Chr 23:6; 1Chr 24:1; 1Chr 26:1; 1Chr 26:12; 1Chr 26:19; 2Chr 8:14 (twice in verse); 2Chr 31:2 (twice in verse); 2Chr 35:4; 2Chr 35:10; Neh 11:36 + 25 t. in Chronicles, + (of royal officials) 1Chr 28:1 — סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֺת proper name 1Sam 23:28 was popularly connected with this √, = rock of divisions , where Saul and David parted from neighbourhood of each other (Dr ) so Vrss Th and others; Bö Klo , where their forces lay divided from each other; originally connection was perhaps with II. חלק , smooth, slippery ; Ges De W Ke and others explanation here as rock of escapes , but this meaning for חלק dubious.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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