1) rust, scum Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2456 Same Word by TWOT Number: 649a
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [חֶלְאָה] noun femininerust (perhaps as filth see above) — חֶלְאָתָהּEzekiel 24:6,12 + Ezekiel 24:11; Ezekiel 24:12 (strike out Co internal grounds) + Ezekiel 24:6חֶלְאָתָהֿ (compare Ges§ 91, 1; R. 2) rust on metal pot, symbol of impurity of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 24:6 HEB:סִ֚יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֶלְאָתָ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ NAS: in which there is rust And whose rust KJV: to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum INT: to the pot which is rust rust Without
Ezekiel 24:6 HEB:חֶלְאָתָ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ לֹ֥א יָצְאָ֖ה NAS: there is rust And whose rust has not gone KJV: whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out INT: which is rust rust Without gone
Ezekiel 24:11 HEB:טֻמְאָתָ֔הּ תִּתֻּ֖ם חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃ NAS: may be melted in it, Its rust consumed. KJV: in it, [that] the scum of it may be consumed. INT: filthiness consumed rust
Ezekiel 24:12 HEB:מִמֶּ֙נָּה֙ רַבַּ֣ת חֶלְאָתָ֔הּ בְּאֵ֖שׁ חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃ NAS: Yet her great rust has not gone KJV: and her great scum went not forth INT: Yet her great rust the fire rust
Ezekiel 24:12 HEB:חֶלְאָתָ֔הּ בְּאֵ֖שׁ חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃ NAS: has not gone from her; [Let] her rust [be] in the fire! KJV: went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire. INT: rust the fire rust
