חֶלְאָה
chela · rust, corrosion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2457 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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chela (חֶלְאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rust, corrosion”.
Rust, the crust that stains a pot.
How to say it
che·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Crust of corrosion that stains a pot.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezekiel 24:6
Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the city of bloodshed, a pot whose rust is in it, and its rust has not gone out of it! By its pieces, by its pieces take it out; no lot has fallen on it.
- Ezekiel 24:11
And set it empty on its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may become red-hot, and its uncleanness may melt in its midst, its rust be consumed.
- Ezekiel 24:12
With toils it has wearied; and its great rust does not go out of it; into the fire with its rust!
And 2 more times.