Lexical Definition

‎חֵלְכָא‎ chêlᵉkâʼ (khay-lek-aw') helpless ^H:A
or חֵלְכָה chêlᵉkâh (khay-lekaw'); apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy

poor.

• a wretch, i.e. unfortunate

1) hapless, poor, unfortunate person

See Greek: πένης · πτωχός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎ֵ˜חלְכָה‎ read ‎חַלְכֶּה‎, ‎חֶלְכֶּה‎, or ‎חָלְכֶּה‎, adjective helpless, unfortunate, only as substantive hapless, luckless one(s) — ‎לְֵ˜חלְכָה‎ Ps 10:8, ᵐ5 εἰς τὸν πένητα, ᵑ6 ᵑ7; ‎חֵלֶ֑כָה‎ Ps 10:14 ᵐ5 ὁ πτωχός; ‎חלכאים‎ Ps 10:10 Kt, read plural ‎חַלְכָּאִים‎ (‎׳‎‎חֶל‎, ‎׳‎‎חָל‎); Qr ‎חֵל כָּאִים‎ ᵐ5 τῶν πενήτων. In all text and meaning dubious (ᵑ0 reads ‎חֵלְכָה‎ = ‎חֵילְךָ‎ thine army; and ‎חֵל כָּאִים‎ vPs 10:10 army of dejected ones, but this against usage of ‎חֵל‎, and no such figurative sense of ‎חַיִל‎, see O1 Hup De Bae Che, and critical note)

[‎כָּאֶה‎] adjective cowed, Ps 10:10 Qr ‎חֵל כָּאִים‎; host of cowed ones, but read Kt ‎חלכאים‎.

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