Meaning of helek | Babel Free
ˈheɪlɪkExamples
“For calendrical calculations, the day begins at 6 P.M., which is designated 0 hours. Hours are divided into 1080 halakim; thus one helek is 3 1/3 seconds.”
“By some estimates the mean⟳ lunation was actually 29.5 days and 793 halakim somewhere around the beginning of the Common Era.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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