חֶילְקָא II, (חָלַק; cmp. Lat. alica, halica, a. חֵילֶק I) split grain, grist, spelt used for halica (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Alica). Makhsh. VI, 2 חילקה Mish. (Talm. ed. חֲלִיקָה). Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. M. Kat. 13ᵇ ח׳ חדא לתרתי it is called ḥelka when each grain is broken in two parts; Ber. 37ᵃ Ms. ח׳ דמתברי באסיתא תרתי תרתי ḥilka is wheat pounded &c.—M. Kat. l. c. (another opin.) ח׳ כונתא ḥ. is spelt. Ib. it is called ḥelka (smooth), דשקיל חלקייהו Ar. (ed. דשקל) because its husks have been taken off (cmp. חֵילֶק II); v. חִלְקָא.