חָלָק, (חָלוּק) m. (preced.) 1) smooth, blank (paper); empty. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ אם יש בו ח׳ וכ׳ if there is blank space on it enough for &c. Snh. 17ᵃ ושנים הניח ח׳ and two ballots he left blank; a. fr.—יצא ח׳ (= ריקם) to go out without having effected anything. Sifré Num. 131 חלוק ed.; Yalk. Lev. 631 (Yalk. Ex. 178 ריקם); Yalk. Hos. 517 חלוק.—Gen. R. s. 11 להוציאך ח׳ אי אפשר I cannot dismiss you without an answer; a. e.—Fem. חֲלָקָה. Kel. XXIV, 7 וח׳ and a plain board (without a receptacle). Midd. II, 5; Succ. 51ᵇ ח׳ היתה בראשונה formerly the compartment was plain (without a guarded balcony), v. בְּצוֹצְרָה.—Pl. חֲלָקוֹת. Tosef. Ohol. XV, 1.— *2) division. Kerith. 7ᵃ, a. fr. אך ח׳, v. אַךְ I [prob. to be read: חַלֵּק, divide!]