Lexicon
חֶ֫לֶץ
che.lets
H2503
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Helez

5
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

che.lets is used as a proper name for a person named in genealogical, military, and list contexts.

The attested forms are all marked as proper nouns and identify a person named in genealogical succession, among named men, and as the leader of a monthly division.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in lists and genealogy · dominant

    All occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 2:39, the form occurs twice in a begetting sequence: the APB renders, "Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah." In 1 Chronicles 11:27 and 2 Samuel 23:26, the APB places the name among other named individuals, while 1 Chronicles 27:10 names the person over the seventh-month division.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as "Helez" in every cited verse, including a genealogy, name lists, and the statement about the seventh-month division. It confirms the named-person context rather than supplying a lexical translation.

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