Strong's Definition
from the same as 2459; milk (as the richness of kine)
KJV Usage: + cheese, milk, sucking
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָלָב (cha.lav) — milk. 1) milk, sour milk, cheese 1a) milk 1b) abundance of the land (metaph.) 1c) white (as milk)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חֵלֶב · חֶלְבְּנָה · חֵלֶב
Liquids | Dairy | ≈ דְּבַשׁ · חִטָּה · חֵלֶב · חֶמְאָה · יַיִן · מַיִם · נֹפֶת · פְּרִי · צֶמֶר · שֶׁמֶן
milk = white fluid; ◄ secreted by women and female mammals; ► for nourishment of their children or young; also used as food for humans; ≈ highly appreciated and considered high quality food; associated with delight, whiteness, purity, wealth, and well-being; metaphor for beauty, young age; quality, wealth, and sex
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