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title: חֵלֶף — exchange · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵלֶף (2500), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: exchange. BDB 1906: exchange. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵלֶף

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«חֵלֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exchange** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2500 · **BDB:** חֵ֫לֶף

### Glosses

in.return.for (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exchange [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

exchange [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] exchange, only cstr., as prep. in return for (so חֲלַף, ܚܠܳܦ, common in Aramaic e.g. Gn 4:23 𝔗 𝔖 for Heb. תַּחַת)—ח׳ עֲבֹדֶתֶם (עֲבֹדַתְכֶם) Nu 18:21, 31 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵלֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.21/)

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וְלִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י הִנֵּ֥ה נָתַ֛תִּי כָּל־מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְנַחֲלָ֑ה חֵ֤לֶף עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם עֹֽבְדִ֔ים אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and to the.descendants of.Levi here! I.give every tithe in Israel for an.inheritance in.return.for service their which they \[are\].serving (et) the.service of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

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[Numbers 18:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.31/)

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וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּכָל־מָק֔וֹם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.eat it in any place you and household your (dm) \[is\].wage\[s\] it for you in.return.for service your in the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And ye may eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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