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title: חָלַף — pass on · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַף (2498), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: pass on. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלַף

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«חָלַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pass on** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 2498 · **BDB:** חָלַף

### Glosses

he.changed (2); \[which\].it.sprouts.up (1); change (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pass on [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2498/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2498/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pass on or away, pass through (mostly poet.) (NH id., pass by or away, change; Ph. חלפת equivalent, ReinachRÉJ 188, 276; Hoffm G. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890, 20; Aramaic חֲלַף pass away, change; ܚܠܰܦ change, substitute; Nab. חלף change (?) Eut p. 53; Arabic خَلَفَ come after, succeed, replace \[cf. ‘Caliph’ i.e. successor (of Mohammed)\] and many deriv. Lane792–799; so also ויחלפה MI 6 and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic ኀለፈ pass by, across, through)— Pf. חָלַף Ct 2:11 Hb 1:11 etc.; Impf. יַחֲלֹף Jb 4:15 + 4 times; 3 fs. sf. תַּחְלְפֵ֫הוּ Jb 20:24; יַחֲלֹ֑פוּ ψ 102:27; Inf. cstr. לַחֲלוֹף Is 21:1;— pass on quickly 1 Sa 10:3; elsewhere only poet., move or sweep on, of a flood Is 8:8, or wind 21:1 Jb 4:15 Hb 1:11, of God Jb 9:11; 11:10. pass away (vanish) Jb 9:26 (of days); Ct 2:11 (of rain ‖ עבר), of the heavens ψ 102:27, of idols Is 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBL ix. 1890, 86). of grass, come on anew, i.e. sprout again (cf. Hiph. 2) ψ 90:5, 6, so Thes AV De Hi Che Bae al.; less suitably in context 𝔊 𝔙 Ew pass away, supr. 1 b. trans. pass through, i.e. pierce, sq. acc. Ju 5:26 Jb 20:24. overstep, transgress Is 24:5 (‖ עבר), (cf. Arabic iv. to break a promise). Impf. וַיְחַלֵּף (cause to pass) change, sq. acc. garment Gn 41:14 (E) 2 S 12:20. Pf. חֶחֱלִף Gn 31:7; Impf. יַחֲלִיף Jb 14:7; sf. יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ Lv 27:10; 3 fs. תַּחֲלִיף Jb 29:20; 2 ms. וַתַּחֲלֵף Gn 31:41; sf. תַּחֲלִיפֵם; יַחֲלִ֫יפוּ Is 40:31; 41:1; נַחֲלִיף Is 9:9;— change (trans.) garments Gn 35:2 (E) ψ 102:27, wages Gn 31:7, 41 (both E); no obj. expr. Lv 27:10 (P); substitute i.e. cause to succeed Is 9:9; change for better, renew, obj. כֹּחַ Is 40:31; 41:1. shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Jb 14:7, of bow 29:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2498/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.18/)

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וְהָאֱלִילִ֖ים כָּלִ֥יל יַחֲלֹֽף׃

*Word for word:* and the idols entirely it.will.pass.away

*JPS 1917:* And the idols shall utterly pass away.

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[Job 9:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.26/)

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חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃

*Word for word:* they.have.passed.on with ships of.reed like an.eagle \[which\].it.rushes on food

*JPS 1917:* They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.

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