1) division, course, class, share, allotment

1a) division, part

1b) division, class, course

1b1) of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation)

Aramaic equivalent: mach.le.qah (מַחְלְקָה "class" H4255)

Root √חלק: חָלַק vb divide share Qal divide apportion , assign distribute , assign impart , share divide up plunder =the temple Niph Impf divide oneself reflex. be divided pass. assign distribute trans. Pi divide apportion , assign distribute , scatter . Pu be divided . of land Hithp divide among themselves .land Hiph to receive a portion .

מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת n.f division course . (almost wholly Chr.)