H2506b H2506b
smoothness, seductiveness (of speech)
This noun denotes the smooth, slippery quality of flattering or seductive speech. Proverbs 7:21 uses it to describe how the adulteress persuades the simple young man—with the smoothness of her lips she compels him. The word captures the polished, persuasive quality of speech designed to seduce rather than inform. It parallels 'abundance of her teaching,' showing how rhetoric can overwhelm resistance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The slippery, seductive quality of persuasive speech, particularly in the context of sexual temptation. The phrase 'smoothness of her lips' depicts speech that removes friction and moral resistance. Spanish 'suavidad' (smoothness) and French 'part' (though possibly a mistranslation here) engage with the slippery persuasiveness. Proverbs consistently warns against smooth-talking seducers whose words are more dangerous than obvious threats. 1×
AR["بِمَلَاسَةِ"]·ben["মসৃণতায়"]·DE["in-Teil"]·EN["with-the-smoothness-of"]·FR["dans-part"]·heb["ב-חלק"]·HI["चिकनाई-से"]·ID["dengan-kelicinan"]·IT["in-con-il-smoothness-di"]·jav["kanthi-alusing"]·KO["매끄러움-으로"]·PT["com-lisonja-de"]·RU["гладкостью"]·ES["con-suavidad-de"]·SW["kwa-ulaini-wa"]·TR["tatlılığıyla"]·urd["چکناہٹ-سے"]
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
† III. חֵ֫לֶק n.[m.] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only sg. cstr. בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Pr 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him (‖ הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ).—i. and ii. חֵלֶק v. sub I. חלק.