H2505B–חָלַק–cha.laq

For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.

יַחֲלִֽיקוּן׃ (יַחֲלִֽיקוּ) ya.cha.Li.ku “they speak flattery”

For it flattereth him in his eyes, until his iniquity be found, and he be hated.

הֶחֱלִ֣יק he.che.Lik “he flatters”

Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.

חָלְק֤וּ׀ chal.Ku “they were smooth”

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;

הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ he.che.Li.kah “she makes smooth”

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.

הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ he.che.Li.kah “she makes smooth”

He that rebuketh a man shall in the end find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק (מַּחֲלִ֥יק) ma.cha.Lik “[one who] makes smooth”

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.

מַחֲלִ֣יק ma.cha.Lik “[who] flatters”

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

מַחֲלִ֥יק ma.cha.Lik “a smoother of”

Their heart is divided; now shall they bear their guilt; He will break down their altars, He will spoil their pillars.

חָלַ֥ק cha.Lak “it is slippery”