1. cake, perforated bread — A type of cake or bread, probably perforated or ring-shaped (from the root meaning 'to bore, pierce'). Used in sacrificial and ritual contexts: unleavened cakes mixed with oil for the grain offering (Lev 2:4, 7:12-13, 8:26; Num 6:15, 6:19; Exod 29:2, 29:23), the showbread loaves arranged before YHWH (Lev 24:5), and David's distribution of bread to the people (2 Sam 6:19). The term encompasses both the singular 'cake/loaf' and the plural 'cakes/loaves' across construct, absolute, and suffixed forms. Always refers to the same type of baked good without semantic distinction between singular and plural usage. 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"]
Senses
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…