1) milk, sour milk, cheese 1a) milk 1b) abundance of the land (metaph.) 1c) white (as milk)
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H2461 — חָלָב
cha.lav · milk · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:8 · וְחָלָ֗בThen Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.Genesis 49:12 · מֵחָלָֽב׃ פHis eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Exodus 3:8 · חָלָ֖בI have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Exodus 3:17 · חָלָ֖בAnd I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’Exodus 13:5 · חָלָ֖בAnd when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.Exodus 23:19 · בַּחֲלֵ֥בBring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.Exodus 33:3 · חָלָ֖בGo up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”Exodus 34:26 · בַּחֲלֵ֥בBring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”Leviticus 20:24 · חָלָ֖בBut I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.Numbers 13:27 · חָלָ֥בAnd they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!Numbers 14:8 · חָלָ֖בIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.Numbers 16:13 · חָלָב֙Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?Numbers 16:14 · חָלָ֤בMoreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”Deuteronomy 6:3 · חָלָ֖בHear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Deuteronomy 11:9 · חָלָ֖בand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 14:21 · בַּחֲלֵ֥בYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.Deuteronomy 26:9 · חָלָ֖בAnd He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 26:15 · חָלָ֖בLook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”Deuteronomy 27:3 · חָלָב֙Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Deuteronomy 31:20 · חָלָב֙When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.Deuteronomy 32:14 · וַחֲלֵ֣בwith curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.Joshua 5:6 · חָלָ֖בFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.Judges 4:19 · הֶחָלָ֛בSisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.Judges 5:25 · חָלָ֣בHe asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.1 Samuel 7:9 · חָלָב֙Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.1 Samuel 17:18 · הֶֽחָלָב֙Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.Job 10:10 · כֶ֭חָלָבDid You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?Job 21:24 · חָלָ֑בHis body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.Proverbs 27:27 · חֲלֵ֬בYou will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.Proverbs 30:33 · חָלָ֡בFor as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”Song of Solomon 4:11 · וְחָלָב֙Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 5:1 · חֲלָבִ֑יI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.Song of Solomon 5:12 · בֶּֽחָלָ֔בHis eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.Isaiah 7:22 · חָלָ֖בand from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.Isaiah 28:9 · מֵֽחָלָ֔בWhom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?Isaiah 55:1 · וְחָלָֽב׃“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!Isaiah 60:16 · חֲלֵ֣בYou will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.Jeremiah 11:5 · חָלָ֛בThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.Jeremiah 32:22 · חָלָ֖בYou gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.Lamentations 4:7 · מֵחָלָ֑בHer dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.