חֵלֶק chêleq

Meaning

properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment

In the King James Version: flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.

Derivation: from H2505 (חָלַק);

Where it is used

• Micah 2:4 In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
• Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
• Zechariah 2:12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.