Level Smooth Ground

† מִישׁוֹר n.m. Je 48:8 level place, uprightness;—מ׳ ψ 27:11 + 9 times; מִישֹׁר Zc 4:7 (v. Baer) + 12 times;— 1. 3 antith. הר(ים) 1 K 20:23, 25 Zc 4:7; עָקֹב Is 40:4; מַעֲקַשִּׁים 42:16; + שְׁפֵלָה 2 Ch 26:10; ‖ עֵמֶק Je 21:13; הַמִּישׁוֹר specifically of the elevated plateau or 3 between the Arnon and Heshbon Dt 3:10; 4:43 Jos 13:9, 16, 17, 21; 20:8 Je 48:8, 21. 2. level place (free from obstacles), fig. for place of safety, comfort, and prosperity ψ 26:12; ארח מ׳ 27:11; אֶרֶץ מ׳ 143:10. 3. uprightness (cf. מֵישָׁר 2), in government ψ 67:5; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ 45:7; ‖ צֶדֶק Is 11:4; שָׁלוֹם Mal 2:6.

II. חָלַק vb. be smooth, slippery (NH adj. חָלָק smooth, empty, Arabic خَلَقَ make smooth, lie, forge, fabricate)— Qal Pf. ח׳ Ho 10:2; 3 mpl. חָֽלְקוּ ψ 55:22;—smooth, slippery, only fig.: Ho 10:2 of heart of faithless Isr. (so Ew Ke Wü Now RVm), We false; > Vrss (not 𝔊) Hi St who read חֻלַּק, divided is their heart; 𝔊 ἐμέρισαν; of words, smooth ψ 55:22 i.e. deceptive (‖ רַכּוּ דְבָרָיו מִשֶּׁמֶן). Hiph. Pf. הֶחֱלִיק ψ 36:3, הֶחֱלִיקָה Pr 2:16; 7:5; Impf. יַחֲלִיקוּן ψ 5:10; Pt. מַחֲלִיק Pr 28:23 + 2 times; make smooth: 1. lit. of idol-maker Is 41:7 c. acc. instr. פַּטִּישׁ hammer. 2. fig. the tongue, i.e. flatter with it ψ 5:10; Pr 28:23, words, Pr 2:16; 7:5 אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה; abs. deal smoothy, sq. אֶל־ ψ 36:3, עַל Pr 29:5.

† II. [שָׁוָה] vb. Pi. set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. 𝔗 שְׁוָא Pa. set, make (often 𝔗 = שׂום, שׁית); Thes al. sub I. שׁ׳, orig. set, place, then set together, compare, make even, right, cf. Vulg. Ar. سَوَى ii. make (Wahrm, cf. also BaES 66));—Pf. 1 s. שִׁוִּיתִי ψ 16:8 I have set י׳ before me (לְנֶגְדִּי); שׁ׳ עֵזֶר עַל 89:20 I have placed strength upon a hero, cf. 21:6; Pt. מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כְּ 2 S 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = ψ 18:34 (cf. 𝔗 שַׁזִּי כְּ Gn 48:20 Je 29:22, for שׂים כְּ);—Is 38:13 v. I. שָׁוָה" dir="rtl" >שׁוה;—Impf. = make, produce, 3 ms. פְּרִי יְשַׁוֶּה לוֹ Ho 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera l., v. We Now (‖ עשׂה פְּרִי Ho 9:16, cf. 8:7).

† חָלָק adj. smooth— 1. lit. אִישׁ חָלָק Gn 27:11 (J), smooth man (opp. אישׁ שָׂעִר); הָהָר הֶחָלָק Jos 11:17; 12:7 the bald mt. (both D); southern limit of Jos.’s conquest, identif. dub.; (1) white cliffs 8 m. S. of Dead Sea, and (2) Mt. Mâdara SW. from Pass es-Ṣafâ are proposed, v. Di.; as subst. חַלְּקֵי־נַחַל Is 57:6 (v. i. חֵלָק, 4) smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., v. Che Di). 2. fig. of mouth uttering smooth words וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ Pr 5:3 cf. 26:28. 3. as subst. = flattery מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 divination of flattery or of a flatterer.

† חָלָק adj. smooth— 1. lit. אִישׁ חָלָק Gn 27:11 (J), smooth man (opp. אישׁ שָׂעִר); הָהָר הֶחָלָק Jos 11:17; 12:7 the bald mt. (both D); southern limit of Jos.’s conquest, identif. dub.; (1) white cliffs 8 m. S. of Dead Sea, and (2) Mt. Mâdara SW. from Pass es-Ṣafâ are proposed, v. Di.; as subst. חַלְּקֵי־נַחַל Is 57:6 (v. i. חֵלָק, 4) smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., v. Che Di). 2. fig. of mouth uttering smooth words וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ Pr 5:3 cf. 26:28. 3. as subst. = flattery מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 divination of flattery or of a flatterer.

λεῖος, α, ον, smooth to the touch, [αἴγειρος] Refs 8th c.BC+; χῆμαι, χηραμβίς, Refs 3rd c.BC+, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, of cloths, smooth, plain, not embroidered, ὑφαντά τε καὶ λ. Refs 5th c.BC+; λεῖα ἐκπεποιημένα worked smooth, of marble, Refs unsculptured, Ἀθήνης ἕδος Refs 3rd c.BC+; of plate, unembossed, φιάλαι Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 in Refs 8th c.BC+, chiefly of level places or countries, λεῖος δ᾽ ἱππόδρομος ἀμφίς Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν λείῳ πεδίῳRefs 8th c.BC+; λ. ἄροσις Refs 8th c.BC+; λεῖα δ᾽ ἐποίησεν made a smooth place, Refs 8th c.BC+; λ. θάλασσα a smooth sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. βάσεις flat feet, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2.b with genitive, χῶρος.. λεῖος πετράων smooth (i.e. free) from rocks, Refs 8th c.BC+ __3 smoothskinned, without hair, of animals, LXX+4th c.BC+; especially of youths, smooth-chinned, beardless (compare λείαξ), Refs 3rd c.BC+; also, of fish, smooth, ἱππίδια Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to λεπιδωτοί, Refs 4th c.BC+; [γαλεός] the smooth shark, Mustelus laevis,Refs 5th c.BC+; λείη ὑπόστασις a smooth or uniform sediment, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __4 metaphorically, smooth, soft, πνεῦμα Refs 5th c.BC+; of the sound of the voice, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the taste, Refs 5th c.BC+; [τὸ] ἥμερόν τε καὶ λ. [τοῦ ἤθους] Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. πάθημα, opposed to τραχύ, Refs 4th c.BC+; λ. κίνησις, Cyrenaic phrase for ἡδονή, Refs 1st c.BC+; ὡς -οτέρου ἐλέους ὑπάρξοντος (sed to be read τελειοτέρου) Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὸ λ., ={λειότης, τῆς ἑρμηνείας} Refs 4th c.BC+ adverb λείως smoothly, gently, Refs 6th c.BC+ __II rubbed or ground down, Refs 1st c.AD+, fine sand, Refs 3rd c.BC+. (Prob. λειϝος, cf. Latin lēvis.)

πεδῐεινός, ή, όν, flat, level, χῶρος Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative πεδιεινότερος Refs 5th c.BC+ __II of the plain, found on the plain, opposed to ὄρειος, λαγώς Refs 4th c.BC+; πεδινὸν ἄνθος, ={ἀργεμώνη}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+ about 2nd c.BC; πεδῐνός is uncertain, since πεδινώτερος may be falsa lectio in Refs 5th c.BC+

† [חַלֻּק] adj. smooth, only pl. cstr. חַלֻּקֵי אֲבָנִים 1 S 17:40 smooth ones of (among) stones = smooth (or smoothest?) stones Ges§§ 132 P 2. 133, 3 DrSm.

† עָשׁוֹת adj. smooth?—only בַּרְזֶל ע׳ Ez 27:19 as merchandise of Tyre; Co עָשׁוּת, i.e. pt. pass., from √ עשׁת forge, or work skilfully; Toy iron skilfully wrought; all dubious.