# חֵלְכָא (chelekha)

Israeli respelling: che-le-kha. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2489. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

a wretch, i.e. unfortunate

King James renderings: poor.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chelekha-h2489

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/8) — He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the po…
- [Psalms 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/10) — He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
- [Psalms 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/14) — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the…