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title: הָלִיךְ — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָלִיךְ (1978), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: step. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָלִיךְ

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«הָלִיךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1978 · **BDB:** הָלִיךְ

### Glosses

steps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1978/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] step, only pl. sf. בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה Jb 29:6 when my steps were bathed in cream (חֵמָה = חֶמְאָה) hyperb. of abundance, wealth.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָלִיךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1978/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 29:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.6/)

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בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃

*Word for word:* when bathed steps my in curd\[s\] and a.rock it.poured.out beside me streams of.oil

*JPS 1917:* When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

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