חלב

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

חלב • (transliteration needed)

1. to milk

Root
ח־ל־ב (kh-l-b)

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-. Cognate with Arabic حليب.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈlav/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈlɔv/ (Noun)
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈlav/ (Verb)
• (Iraqi) IPA^(key): /ħaˈlab/

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חָלָב • (khaláv) m (plural indefinite חֲלָבִים, singular construct חֲלֵב־, plural construct חַלְבֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. (uncountable) milk (a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young)

• בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב (basár b'chaláv)
• חלבן
• חלב ישראל
• שְׁבִיל הֶחָלָב (sh'víl hekhaláv)
• שֵׁן חָלָב (shen khaláv)

חָלַב • (khaláv) (pa'al construction)

1. to milk
2. (slang) to obtain information
3. (slang) to squeeze every last drop out, to extort

or

• H2461 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Root
ח־ל־ב (kh-l-b)

חֵלֶב • (khélev) m (singular construct חֵלֶב־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. (Judaism) chelev (certain animal fats that the Torah prohibits Jews and Israelites from eating)
2. (by extension) The best part (of something).
   • Tanach, Genesis 45:18:

     חֵלֶב הָאָרֶץ

     the best part of the land

• → Yiddish: חלבֿ (kheylev)
  • → English: chelev

חַלַבּ • (khalab)

1. alternative form of חאלב

• חבל

חלב • (kheylev) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of חלבֿ (kheylev).