Lexical Definition

‎חָלָב‎ châlâb (khaw-lawb') milk ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎חֶלֶב‎

[phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.

• milk (as the richness of kine)

1) milk, sour milk, cheese
1a) milk
1b) abundance of the land (metaph.)
1c) white (as milk)

See Greek: γάλα · πιότης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָלָב‎ noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic ‎חַלָבָּא‎, , Phoenician ‎חלב‎; Arabic noun fresh milk, verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see Dl^{Pr 174}; Ethiopic ) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Gen 18:18 + 35 t. + Ezek 34:3 (see below); construct ‎חֲלֵב‎ Exod 23:19 + 5 t.; suffix ‎חֲלָבִי‎ Song 5:1, ‎חֲלָבֵךְ‎ Ezek 25:4 — milk:
a. as common food Gen 18:8 (J; distinct from ‎חֶמְאָה‎ curd, q. v.), ‎חֲלֵב צאֹן‎ Deut 32:14 (poetry; distinct from ‎חֶמְאַת בָּקָר‎); in Judg 5:25 ‎חָלָב‎ is used parallel with ‎חֶמְאָה‎; elsewhere ‎חֶמְאָה‎ seems to be produced from ‎חָלָב‎: — ‎מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה‎ Prov 30:33 a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; ‎מֵרֹב‎ ‎עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה‎ Isa 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also ‎חֲרִצֵי‎ ‎הֶחָלָב‎ 1Sam 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (‎עֲטִינָיו‎) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (‎׳‎‎נאֹוד ח‎) Judg 4:19 men drank it (‎שׁתה‎) Ezek 25:4 (compare ‎השׁקה‎ Judg 4:19), but also ate it (‎אכל‎), if emendation ‎הֶחָלָב‎ Ezek 34:3 (for ‎הַחֵלֶב‎) is right, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo ‎תַּתִּיכֵנִי‎ ‎׳‎‎הֲלֹא כֶח‎ Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically (1) ‎חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ‎ Prov 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RS^{Semitic i. 204}). (2) with ‎אֵם‎ mother's milk: of kid ‎לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ‎ Exod 23:19 = Exod 34:26 (JE) = Deut 14:21, compare ‎׳‎‎טְלֵה ח‎ 1Sam 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings ‎׳‎‎גְּמוּלֵי מֵח‎ Isa 28:9 weaned from milk (|| ‎עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם‎); figurative in promise to Zion ‎וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם‎ Isa 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations (|| ‎תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים‎). (3) ‎׳‎‎ח‎ with wine, as especially delicacy Song 5:1 (see De), figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s choicest blessings Isa 55:1. (4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (‎דְּבַשׁ‎) ‎זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ‎ flowing with milk and honey Exod 3:8; Exod 3:17; Exod 13:5; Exod 33:3; Num 13:27; Num 14:8; Num 16:13; Num 16:14 (all J E), Lev 20:24 (H), Deut 6:3; Deut 11:9; Deut 26:9; Deut 26:15; Deut 27:3; Deut 31:20; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; Jer 32:22; Ezek 20:6; Ezek 20:15 in Messianic time the hills ‎׳‎‎תֵּלַכְנָה ח‎ Joel 4:18* (|| ‎יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס‎); figurative of charms of loved one ‎תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎דְּבַשׁ וְח‎ Song 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.
b. milk as white ‎׳‎‎לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח‎ Gen 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; ‎׳‎‎צַחוּ מֵח‎ Lam 4:7 they were whiter than milk (|| ‎זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג‎); so also probably of eyes (iris) ‎׳‎‎רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח‎ Song 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RS^{Semitic 204}.

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