Hebrew adjective · H2489
חֵלְכָא
chelekakhay-lek-aw'
helpless
2 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêlᵉkâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2489is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2489
a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
The King James renders it: poor.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
cheleka is rendered "helpless". It stands 2 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 10:8לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an unfortunate person1
- for an unfortunate person1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֵלֶ֑כָה1
- לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Psalms
two uses
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- לְֽחֵלְכָ֥הlechelekhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for an unfortunate person
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- חֵלֶ֑כָהchelekhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an unfortunate person
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.