Lexical Summary cheled: duration, world Original Word: חֶלֶדTransliteration: cheled Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-led) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: duration, world Meaning: life, the world Strong's Concordance age, short time, world From an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient) -- age, short time, world. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2465. cheled חֶ֫לֶד noun [masculine]Job 11:17 duration, world (= αιὤν) (Arabic perpetual duration, eternity) — absolute ׳ח Psalm 17:14; חָ֑לֶד Job 11:17 2t. + Isaiah 38:11 Che De, followed by Manuscript Babylonian etc. (Baer חָ֑דֶל); suffix חֶלְדִּי Psalm 39:6; = duration of life Job 11:17; Psalm 39:6 ("" יָמַי), מֶהחָֿ֑לֶד אֲנִי זְכֹר 89:48 of what duration I am Dr§ 189. 2, or (אדני for אני) what is life (?) Hi Ew Now and others; world (= αιὤν, not Κόσμος) 17:14; 49:2 (ח ׳ישׁבי "" כלעֿמים), compare Isaiah 38:11 (see above; "" הַחַיִּים אֶרֶץ). II. חלד (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew חלד dig, or hollow out, Aramaic creep, crawl). |
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