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title: חָלַט — and they snatched it from him · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַט (2480), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: and they snatched it from him. BDB 1906: vb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלַט

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«חָלַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **and they snatched it from him** — 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:** 2480 · **BDB:** חָלַט

### Glosses

they.caught (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

and they snatched it from him [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only וַיַּחְלְטוּ הֲמִמֶּנּוּ 1 K 20:33, read prob. וַיַּחְלְטוּהָ מִמֶּנּוּ (cf. 𝔊 ἀνέλεξαν τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ and StaG i. 445f.) and they snatched it from him, caught the word from his lips; Sta§ 529a as ; Köi. 251 Ges§ 53. 3 R 4 and most as , with—ִ om.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 20:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.33/)

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וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ וַֽיְמַהֲר֜וּ וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ הֲמִמֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אָחִ֣יךָ בֶנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַיֹּ֖אמֶר בֹּ֣אוּ קָחֻ֑הוּ וַיֵּצֵ֤א אֵלָיו֙ בֶּנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶּנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַמֶּרְכָּבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the men they.observed.the.signs and they.hastened and they.caught ? from him and they.said brother \[is\].your Ben Hadad and he.said go fetch him and he.came.out to him Ben Hadad and he brought.him.up on the chariot

*JPS 1917:* Now the men took it for a sign, and hastened to catch it from him; and they said: 'Thy brother Ben-hadad.' Then he said: 'Go ye, bring him.' Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into his chariot.

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