חֲלַקְלַקָּה
chalaklaka · slippery place; flattery
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2519 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chalaklaka (חֲלַקְלַקָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “slippery place; flattery”.
A slippery place: smooth ground where one falls; also the smooth words with which one deceives.
How to say it
cha·la·kla·ka
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
- Ground where the foot cannot hold.
- Flattery with a snare, schemes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- intrigues ×2
- slippery places ×2
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 35:6
May their way be darkness and slippery places, and the angel of YHWH pursuing them.
- Jeremiah 23:12
Therefore their way will be to them like slippery places in the darkness; they will be driven on and fall in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their punishment, declares YHWH.
- Daniel 11:21
And there will stand up in his place a despised one, on whom they have not conferred the splendor of the kingdom; but he will come in a time of ease and seize the kingdom by intrigues.
- Daniel 11:34
And when they stumble they will be helped with a little help, and many will join them with intrigues.