chel.qah describes smooth or slippery conditions, including flattering speech and places where people are set to fall.

The attested uses predominantly place chel.qah in speech about lips, a tongue, or requested messages: the surrounding clauses concern boastful speech, an evil woman’s tongue, and visions requested as illusions. Its remaining uses describe a smooth bodily surface and slippery places.

1. Smooth or flattering speech · dominant

   The plural absolute forms occur in speech-centered clauses. In Isaiah 30:10 the APB renders the requested messages as "smooth things" while the speakers reject true visions and ask for illusions; in Proverbs 6:24 it renders the foreigner’s tongue as "smooth." In Psalm 12:3 and Psalm 12:4, the same form occurs with lips and a tongue whose speakers claim they will prevail.

   Isaiah 30:10Proverbs 6:24Psalm 12:3Psalm 12:4
2. Smooth surface or slippery setting · common

   In Genesis 27:16, the singular construct noun occurs in the clause about goat skins placed on the smooth part of a neck. In Psalm 73:18, a plural absolute adjective form occurs in the statement that people are set in slippery places and cast down to desolations.

   Genesis 27:16Psalm 73:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "smooth" language in the neck, speech, and tongue clauses, and with "slippery" for places in Psalm 73:18. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.