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title: חֲלַף — pass · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲלַף (lemma:חֲלַף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: pass. BDB 1906: vb. pass. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלַף

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«חֲלַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **pass** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲלַף · **BDB:** חֲלַף

### Glosses

they.will.pass (3); let.them.pass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pass (over) (v. BH);— c. עַל pers. pass over one (of time): Impf. 3 mpl. יַחְלְפוּן Dn 4:13, 20, 22, 29.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲלַף I: to pass by, be gone to pass repeatedly, promenade to exchange Ithpa. Part. pass Hif. to be exchanged; to change; to disappear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to pass by, be gone. Targ. Cant. II, 11. Targ. Job IX, 11. Ib. 26; a. e. to pass repeatedly, promenade. Kidd. 12ᵇ ח׳ אבבא וכ׳ went up and down in front of the house of his father-in-law (to attract the attention of his mother-in-law). to exchange. Targ. O. Lev. XXVII, 10; a. e.—Ḥull. 6ᵇ חַלּוּפֵי מבעיא so much the more may she be suspected of exchanging (substituting something of her own). Meg. 7ᵇ מְחַלְּפֵי וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; some ed. מִיחַ׳ Ithpa.) used to exchange their meals (on Purim).—Part. pass. f. מְחַלְּפָא. Y. Peah IV, 18ᵈ bot., a. e. מח׳ שיטתיה, v. preced. Hif. same. Targ. O. l. c.; a. e. to be exchanged; to change; to disappear. Targ. Ps. XC, 5; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 78, beg. מִתְחַלְּפִין change their names. Ḥull. l. c. ולאִיחַלּוּפֵי לא וכ׳ Rashi (ed. לחַלּוּפֵי) and do we not apprehend an exchange?—Meg. l. c., v. supra.—B. Mets. 59ᵇ, v. חָסֵר II.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.13/)

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לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.\[the\] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it

*JPS 1917:* Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

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[Daniel 4:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.29/)

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וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁא֩ לָ֨ךְ טָֽרְדִ֜ין וְֽעִם־חֵיוַ֧ת בָּרָ֣א מְדֹרָ֗ךְ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ לָ֣ךְ יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עֲלָ֑ךְ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֤יט עִלָּיָא֙בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from (the) humankind (et) you \[they.are\].about.to.chase and \[will.be\].with the.animal\[s\] of the.field your.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen to you they.will.feed and seven times they.will.pass over you until that you.will.know (diy).that \[is\].having.mastery the.Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he will.give.it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.'

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