חֵלֶק, preced. wds.) [smooth stone used for casting lots, v. I Sam. XVII, 40 חַלֻּקֵי; cmp. גורל, גווזא; cmp. Is. XXXIV, 17; Ps. XXII, 19,] lot, share, portion. Snh. X (XI), 1 ח׳ לעו"הב a share in the world to come. Sabb. 118ᵇ יהא חֶלְקִי מ־ Oh, that my lot fell among &c.; M. Kat. 18ᵇ יהא חלקי עם; a. fr.—Sifré Deut. 312 תנו לי חֶלְקִי give me my estate (my title) back, v. נָכַר.—Pl. חֲלָקִים. B. Mets. I, 1 שלשה ח׳ three portions (fourths). Sabb. 34ᵇ שלשה חֶלְקֵי מיל three parts of a mile, expl. three fourths; ב׳ ח׳ מיל two thirds; a. fr.