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title: חֲלִיפָה — a change · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלִיפָה (2487), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: a change. BDB 1906: n.f. change. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלִיפָה

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«חֲלִיפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a change** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 2487 · **BDB:** חֲלִיפָה

### Glosses

changes (10); relays (1); relief (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a change [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2487/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. change [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2487/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, cf. Arabic, Aramaic)—sf. חֲלִיפָתִי Jb 14:14; pl. abs. חֲלִיפוֹת Ju 14:19 + 3 times; cstr. id. Ju 14:13 2 K 5:5; חֲלִפוֹת Gn 45:22 + 2 times; חֲלִפֹת Gn 45:22 Ju 14:12;— change of raiment ח׳ שׂמלת Gn 45:22(×2), elsewhere ח׳ בגדים Ju 14:12, 13 2 K 5:5, 22, 23; so without בגדים Ju 14:19. relays 1 K 5:28; cf. ח׳ וצבא Jb 10:17 (Di). revival after death, under fig. of relief from milit. service Jb 14:14 changing, varying, of course of life אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֹת לָ֑מוֹ ψ 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (‖ ולא יָרְֽאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch al.; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלִיפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2487/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.14/)

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אִם־יָמ֥וּת גֶּ֗בֶר הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י צְבָאִ֣י אֲיַחֵ֑ל עַד־בּ֝֗וֹא חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* if he.will.die a.man will he.live? all the.days my.service my I.will.wait until comes relief my

*JPS 1917:* If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —

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[Job 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.17/)

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תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* you.renew witnesses your before me and you.increase vexation your with me changes and an.army \[are\].with me

*JPS 1917:* Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.

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