Lexical Summary chelekah: hapless, unfortunate Original Word: חֵלְכָאTransliteration: chelekah Phonetic Spelling: (khay-lek-aw') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: hapless, unfortunate Meaning: a wretch, unfortunate Strong's Concordance poor Or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}; apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy; a wretch, i.e. Unfortunate -- poor. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2489. chelekah ֵחלְכָה read חֶלְכֶּה חַלְכֶּה,, or חָלְכֶּה, adjective helpless, unfortunate, only as substantive hapless, luckless one(s) — לְֵחלְכָה Psalm 10:8, ᵐ5 εἰς τὸν πένητα, ᵑ7 ᵑ6; חֵלֶ֑כָה 10:14 ᵐ5 ὁ πτωχός; חלכאים 10:10 Kt, read plural חַלְכָּאִים (׳חָל ׳חֶל,); Qr ᵐ5 כָּאִים חֵל τῶν πενήτων. In all text and meaning dubious (ᵑ0 reads חֵלְכָה = חֵילְךָ thine army; and כָּאִים חֵל 10:10 army of dejected ones, but this against usage of חֵל, and no such figurative sense of חַיִל, see O1 Hup De Bae Che, and critical note) [כָּאֶה] adjective cowed, Psalm 10:10 Qr כָּאִים חֵל; host of cowed ones, but read Kt חלכאים. |
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