הֲלָךְ
halach · toll
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1983 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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halach (הֲלָךְ) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “toll”.
(Aramaic): payment for passing along a road; one of the three payments given to the king.
How to say it
ha·lach
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
- Payment for using a road.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 4:13
Now let it be known to the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, tax, or toll, and it will cause harm to the treasury of kings.
- Ezra 4:20
And there were mighty kings over Jerusalem and ruling over all the other side of the river, and tribute, tax, and toll were paid to them.
- Ezra 7:24
And to you it is made known that as for all the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of this house of Elah, it is not permitted to impose on them tribute, tax, or toll.