Lexical Definition

‎חֶלֶד‎ cheled (kheh'-led) lifetime/world ^H:N-M
from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly

age, short time, world.

• life (as a fleeting portion of time)
• hence, the world (as transient)

1) age, duration of life, the world

See Greek: βρόχος · γῆ · κληρονομία · κλῆρος · μερίς · μέρος · ὑπόστασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫לֶד‎ noun [masculine]^{Job 11:17} duration, world (= αιὤν) (Arabic perpetual duration, eternity) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 17:14 ‎חָ֑לֶד‎ Job 11:17 + 2 t. + Isa 38:11 Che De, followed by Manuscript Babylonian etc. (Baer ‎חָ֑דֶל‎); suffix ‎חֶלְדִּי‎ Ps 39:6* = duration of life Job 11:17; Ps 39:6* (|| ‎יָמַי‎), ‎זְכֹר אֲנִי‎ ‎מֶהחָֿ֑לֶד‎ Ps 89:48* of what duration I am Dr^{§ 189. 2}, or (‎אדני‎ for ‎אני‎) what is life (?) Hi Ew Now and others; world (= αιὤν, not Κόσμος) Ps 17:14; Ps 49:2* (‎׳‎‎ישׁבי ח‎ || ‎כלעֿמים‎), compare Isa 38:11 (see above; || ‎אֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים‎).

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