{"def":{"short":"to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate","long":["to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign",["(Qal)",["to divide, apportion","to assign, distribute","to assign, impart","to share","to divide up, plunder"],"(Niphal)",["to divide oneself","to be divided","to assign, distribute"],"(Piel)",["to divide, apportion","to assign, distribute","to scatter"],"(Pual) to be divided","(Hiphil) to receive a portion or part","(Hithpael) to divide among themselves"],"to be smooth, slippery, deceitful",["(Qal) to be smooth, slippery","(Hiphil)",["to be smooth","to flatter"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ħɔːˈlɑk’","ipa_mod":"χɑːˈlɑk","sbl":"ḥālaq","dic":"haw-LAHK","dic_mod":"ha-LAHK"}}