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title: חָלַץ — draw off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַץ (2502), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: draw off. BDB 1906: vb. draw off or out, withdraw. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלַץ

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«חָלַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **draw off** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 2502 · **BDB:** חָלַץ

### Glosses

I (4); he (3); rescue (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2502/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. draw off or out, withdraw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2502/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. draw off or out, withdraw (NH id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ; ܚܠܰܨ despoil, usually Pa. etc.; Ph. n.pr. חלצבעל Baal has rescued, and חלץ alone; Arabic خَلَصَ withdraw, retire)— Pf. Ho 5:6; וְחָֽלְצָה consec. Dt 25:9; חָֽלְצוּ La 4:3; Impf. 2 ms. תַּחֲלֹץ; Pt. pass. cstr. חֲלוּץ Dt 25:10— draw, draw off, c. acc. of sandal Dt 25:9 Is 20:2 (both sq. רֶגֶל c. מִן), cf. בֵּית חֲלוּץ הַנָּ֑עַל Dt 25:10; draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck La 4:3. intrans. withdraw (himself) sq. מִן Ho 5:6. Pf. be delivered נֶחֱלָ֑ץ Pr 11:8 (sq. מִן); Impf. יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ Pr 11:9; יֵחָֽלְצוּן ψ 60:7 = 108:7 (Ges§ 51. 2. R. 2). Pf. חִלֵּץ Lv 14:43 etc.; Impf. יְחַלֵּץ Jb 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה ψ 7:5 (but on text vid. infr. ad fin.); sf. אֲחַלֶּצְךָ ψ 50:15; אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ ψ 81:8, etc.; Imv. חַלְּצָה ψ 6:5; חַלְּצֵנִי ψ 119:153; 140:2;— pull out, tear out Lv 14:40, 43 (P; stones from infested house). rescue, deliver, c. obj. pers., but only poet.;—sq. נפשׁי ψ 6:5; 116:8 (מִמָּ֫וֶת); cf. 140:2 (sq. מִן); abs. c. acc. ψ 18:20 = 2 S 22:20, ψ 34:8; 50:15; 81:8; 91:15; 119:153 Jb 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה ψ 7:5; sq. acc., but I delivered AV Hup Ri, cf. Ew; and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); and oppressed (read וָאֶֽלְחְצָה) Krochm Dy Gr Che; (‖ גָּמַלְתִּי רַע).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2502/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.8/)

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צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* a.righteous.\[person\] from distress \[is\].delivered and he.came a.wicked.\[person\] in his.place

*JPS 1917:* The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

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[Deuteronomy 25:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.10/)

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וְנִקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בֵּ֖ית חֲל֥וּץ הַנָּֽעַל׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.called name its in Israel the.house of.the.\[one\].drawn.off of the.sandal

*JPS 1917:* And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed.

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