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title: חֲלוֹף — a passing away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלוֹף (2475), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a passing away. BDB 1906: n.m. passing away, vanishing Qal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלוֹף

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«חֲלוֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a passing away** — 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:** 2475 · **BDB:** חֲלוֹף

### Glosses

of.passing.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a passing away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2475/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. passing away, vanishing Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2475/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a passing away, vanishing (properly Inf. of חלף)—בְּנֵי ח׳ Pr 31:8 i. e. those who are passing away, transitory (cf. Qal 1 b).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלוֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2475/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.8/)

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פְּתַח־פִּ֥יךָ לְאִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף׃

*Word for word:* open mouth your for.\[the\] dumb to \[the\].cause of.all \[the\].sons of.passing.away

*JPS 1917:* Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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