Lexical Definition

‎חַלָּה‎ challâh (khal-law') bun ^H:N-F
from ‎חָלַל‎

cake.

• a cake (as usually punctured)

1) cake, cake (if pierced) (probably perforated)

See Greek: ἄρτος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַלָּה‎ noun feminine a kind of cake (probably as perforated, see Di Lev 2:4) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Num 15:20; Lev 24:5 construct ‎חַלַּת‎ Exod 29:23 + 4 t.; plural ‎חַלּוֺת‎ Lev 2:4 + 2 t.; ‎חַלֹּת‎ Exod 29:2 + 3 t. — used in offerings:

1. at the sacrif. of David on removal of ark, given to each person as part of peace-offering 2Sam 6:19.

2. elsewhere only P (H Lev 24:5 (twice in verse)):
a. of the 12 cakes of the table of the holy place, made of ‎סלת‎ Lev 24:5 (twice in verse).
b. made of ‎ראשׁית ערסת‎ as an offering of first-fruits Num 15:20.
c. of ‎לחם שׁמן‎, to be burnt with the ‎עוֺלָה‎ Exod 29:23 = Lev 8:26.
d. of ‎מַצָּה‎ burnt on the altar with
c. Lev 8:26, but usually to be eaten by participants in the several forms of peace- offering Num 6:19, and such mingled with oil Exod 29:2; Lev 2:4; Lev 7:12 (twice in verse); Num 6:15.
e. ‎לחם חמץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ to be used by the offerer in connection with the unleavened cakes of
d. Lev 7:13.

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