Bible Person

Helek

Meaning: part; portion · Male · 2 cross references

Helek is a Manassite family head preserved in the census and inheritance traditions. He belongs to the clan structure through which the tribe of Manasseh is ordered and remembered. First appears in Num 26:30.1

AI summary: Helek matters because the cross references place him within the counted branches of Manasseh and the later distribution of the tribe's inheritance. His entry shows how ancestral names undergird both tribal memory and practical land identity. Taken together, the material presents Helek as a Manassite forefather whose place helps define the structure of the tribe.1