H2471 H2471
A perforated cake or ring-shaped bread used in Israelite grain offerings and ritual meals.
A feminine noun denoting a specific type of baked offering — likely a perforated or ring-shaped cake, as the name may derive from the root meaning 'to pierce.' All 14 occurrences appear in ritual contexts within the Pentateuch. These cakes are prepared variously: unleavened and mixed with oil for the grain offering (Lev 2:4; 7:12), baked from fine flour for the bread of the Presence (Lev 24:5), offered as firstfruits from dough (Num 15:20), or included in the consecration of priests (Exod 29:2, 23; Lev 8:26). Spanish uses 'torta' throughout, while English consistently renders it 'cake.'
Senses
1. cake, perforated bread — A type of cake or bread, probably perforated or ring-shaped (from the root חלל, 'to bore, pierce'), prepared exclusively for sacrificial and ritual use. Varieties include: unleavened cakes mixed with oil for the grain offering (Lev 2:4; 7:12), fine-flour cakes for the bread of the Presence (Lev 24:5), firstfruit dough offerings (Num 15:20), and priestly consecration bread (Exod 29:2, 23; Lev 8:26). Also distributed to the people during David's celebration when the ark was brought to Jerusalem (2 Sam 6:19). The term is confined to Priestly and related texts. 14×
AR["أَقْرَاصًا", "أَقْرَاصٍ", "أَقْرَاصَ", "أَقْرَاصِ", "الرَّغِيفُ", "رَغِيفًا", "رَغِيفَةَ", "قُرْصًا", "قُرْصَ", "وَ-أَقراصَ", "وَ-قُرصَ", "وَ-قُرْصَ", "وَ-قُرْصَةَ"]·ben["এবং-পিঠা", "এবং-পিঠাগুলি", "এবং-রুটি", "খামিরবিহীন-রুটি", "চাপড়া", "পিঠা", "পিঠাগুলো", "রুটি", "রুটি;"]·DE["cake", "cakes", "cakes-von", "der-loaf", "ein-cake-von", "loaf-von", "loaves", "und-cake-von", "und-cakes", "und-ein-cake-von"]·EN["a-cake-of", "and-a-cake-of", "and-cake-of", "and-cakes", "cake", "cakes", "cakes-of", "loaf-of", "loaves", "the-loaf"]·FR["cake", "et-cake-de", "et-cakes", "et-un-cake-de", "gâteaux", "gâteaux-de", "le-loaf", "loaf-de", "loaves", "un-cake-de"]·heb["ה-חלות", "ו-חלות", "ו-חלת", "חלות", "חלת"]·HI["और-रोटियाँ", "और-रोटी", "रोटियाँ", "रोटियां", "रोटियों-के", "रोटी"]·ID["dan-roti-bundar", "roti-bundar", "roti-roti-bundar"]·IT["cake", "cakes", "cakes-di", "e-cake-di", "e-cakes", "e-un-cake-di", "il-loaf", "loaves", "pane-di", "un-cake-di"]·jav["jejamur", "lan-bunder", "lan-jejamur", "lan-roti-bunder", "roti", "roti-bunder", "roti;"]·KO["과자들", "그-과자", "그리고-과자", "그리고-과자들을", "그리고-과자를", "그리고-떡을", "덩어리", "떡", "떡들", "떡들을", "떡을"]·PT["bolo", "bolo-de", "bolos", "bolos-de", "e-bolo-de", "e-bolos-de", "o-pão", "pães", "torta-de"]·RU["и-лепёшки", "и-лепёшку", "и-хлеб", "лепёшках", "лепёшки", "лепёшку", "хала", "хлеб", "хлебов", "хлебы"]·ES["la-torta", "torta", "torta-de", "tortas", "tortas-de", "y-torta-de", "y-tortas-de"]·SW["Hlt", "Uhlt", "mikate", "mkate", "mkate-mmoja", "na-andazi", "na-maandazi", "na-mkate"]·TR["halkalar", "halça", "pide", "ve-halkasını", "ve-çörek", "ve-çörekler", "çörek", "çörekler", "çöreği"]·urd["اور-روٹی", "اور-ٹکیا", "اور-چپاتی", "اور-چپاتیاں", "روٹی", "روٹیاں", "ٹکیا", "ٹکیاں", "ٹکیوں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חַלָּה n.f. a kind of cake (prob. as perforated, v. Di Lv 2:4)—ח׳ abs. Nu 15:20 Lv 24:5; cstr. חַלַּת Ex 29:23 + 4 times; pl. חַלּוֹת Lv 2:4 + 2 times; חַלֹּת Ex 29:2 + 3 times—used in offerings: 1. at the sacrif. of David on removal of ark, given to each person as part of peace-offering 2 S 6:19. 2. elsewhere only P (H Lv 24:5(×2)): a. of the 12 cakes of the table of the holy place, made of…