H4256

מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת

ma.cha.lo.qetH:N-F

division

1) division, course, class, share, allotment 1a) division, part 1b) division, class, course 1b1) of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation) Aramaic equivalent: mach.le.qah (מַחְלְקָה "class" H4255)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת noun feminine division, course (almost wholly Chronicles) — ׳מ absolute 1Chr 27:1; 1Chr 27:2 construct 1Chr 27:4 suffix מַחֲלֻקְתּוֺ 1Chr 27:2 + 14 t. 1Chr 27 absolute מַחְלְקוֺת 1Chr 23:6 + 6 t. Chronicles + 1Sam 23:28 (see below); construct id. 1Chr 26:12 + 5 t. Chronicles + Neh 11:36 suffix מַחְלְקוֺתֵיכֶם 2Chr 35:4 מַחְלְקוֺתֵיהֶם 2Chr 31:16; 2Chr 31:17 מַחְלְקוֺתָם 1Chr 24:1 + 3 t. in Chronicles; מַחְלְקֹתָם Josh 11:23; Josh 12:7; Josh 18:10; Ezek 48:29 —

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.

[מַחְלְקָה] noun feminine class, division, of priests and Levites (Biblical Hebrew מַחְםקֶת); — plural suffix מַחְלְקָֽתְהוֺן Ezra 6:18.

חֲמָר see יחוּ