חֶלְאָה
chelʼâh(khel-aw')
“properly, disease; hence, rust”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, disease; hence, rust
Translated in KJV as
scum.
Etymology
from H2456 (חָלָא);
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“Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.”