Word

חֶלְאָה

chelʼâh · H2457 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

corrosion, rust

State in which metals are covered with reddish or yellowish-brown coating as a result of a process of oxidation; associated with sin and guilt

Examples
Ezekiel 24:6 ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice.
Ezekiel 24:11 “Then set it empty on its burning coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow, And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust eliminated.
Ezekiel 24:12 “She has wearied Me with work, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

5 occurrences in 1 groups

הּher 5

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יָצָאto go out 1
תָּמַםto be finished, to come to an end, to perish 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָher 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רַבmany, great 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Impact002001001024: The noun names the corrosive rust or filth that eats away at a metal vessel, as the LORD condemns the pot whose "rust has not gone out of it" and must be purged in fire (Ezekiel 24:6, 24:11-12).
Names of People003001007: This code is inherited from the domain listing shared with this word's homograph, the personal name Helah (חֶלְאָה (Chelʼâh, H2458)); the "scum, rust" sense attested here does not itself name a person.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָלָא châlâʼ · H2456 · to be, become sick · 1×חֶלְאָהchelʼâh · H2457תַּחֲלוּא tachălûwʼ · H8463 · sickness, disease · 5×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2457. chelah I. [חֶלְאָה] noun feminine rust (perhaps as filth see above) — חֶלְאָתָהּ…

H2457. chelah
I. [חֶלְאָה] noun feminine rust (perhaps as filth see above) — חֶלְאָתָהּ Eze 24:6, Eze 24:12 + Eze 24:11; Eze 24:12 (strike out Co internal grounds) + Eze 24:6 חֶלְאָתָהֿ (compare Ges§ 91, 1; R. 2) rust on metal pot, symbol of impurity of Jerusalem.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Impact3 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0