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…