H2489 · חֵלְכָא
chêlᵉkâʼ · khay-lek-aw' · poor
H2489 (chêlᵉkâʼ, pronounced khay-lek-aw') is the Hebrew word חֵלְכָא in Strong’s dictionary: a wretch, i.e. unfortunate. It appears 3 times in 3 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חֵלְכָא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chêlᵉkâʼ
- Pronunciation
- khay-lek-aw'
- Derivation
- or חֵלְכָה; apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy;
- Definition
- a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
- Rendered in the KJV
- poor.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
3 occurrences in 3 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “The victim” ×1
- “for the helpless” ×1
- “the helpless” ×1
By book
Psalms 3