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title: חָלַץ — equip · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַץ (lemma:חָלַץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: equip. BDB 1906: vb. equip for war. 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: **equip** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** lemma:חָלַץ · **BDB:** חָלַץ²

### Glosses

equipped (5); \[man\] (3); \[men\].equipped (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

equip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. equip for war [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, v. Hiph., n. חֲלָצַיִם, and Assyrian ḫalṣu, fortification (SchrCOT Gloss Asrb. Annals ii. 52), cf. ḫhilṣu, belt, ZehnpfundBAS i. 499; Aramaic ܚܠܻܝܨ accinctus ad opus, strenuus, ܚܠܻܝܨܽܘܬܳܐ fortitudo, strenuitas, Gk. ἀνδρεία, \> Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. חלץ in sense strip for battle, expeditus)— only Pt. pass. חָלוּץ Nu 32:21 + 7 times, cstr. חֲלוּץ Nu 32:27; pl. חֲלוּצִים Nu 32:30 + 2 times, cstr. חֲלוּצֵי 1 Ch 12:24 + 3 times; חֲלֻצֵי Is 15:4;—equipped: as adj. Nu 32:30, 32 Dt 3:18. as subst. sg. coll. Nu 32:21 (JE; v. Niph. v 20) 2 Ch 20:21; 28:14, c. art. הֶח׳ Jos 6:7, 9, 13 (JE); חֲלוּץ צָבָא Nu 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ח׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה 32:29 (P); הֶחָ׳ לַצָּבָא 1 Ch 12:24 (v 23 van d. H.); pl. חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא Nu 31:5 (P) 1 Ch 12:25 (v 24 Van d. H.) 2 Ch 17:18; ח׳ הַצּ׳ Jos 4:13 (P); note חֲלֻצֵי מוֹאָב Is 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab. Impf. 2 mpl. תֵּחָֽלְצוּ Nu 32:20, 1 pl. נֵחָלֵץ Nu 32:17; Imv. הֵחָֽלְצוּ Nu 31:3; be, or go equipped, sq. לִפְנֵי Nu 32:17, 20 (both JE; v. Qal Pt. v 21); sq. לַצָּבָא 31:3 (P; Niph. Imv. here surprising with מֵאִתְּכֶם, v. Di). Impf. עַצְמֹתֶיךָ יַחֲלִיץ Is 58:11 he (י׳) will brace up, invigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che crit. n. Du al. read יַחֲלִיף renew, rejuvenate).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 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 «חָלַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.25/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נֹשְׂאֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָרֹ֑מַח שֵׁ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Judah \[who\].bore (of).shield and spear \[were\].six thousand(s) and eight hundred(s) \[men\].equipped of.war

*JPS 1917:* The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

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[Numbers 31:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.5/)

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וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙ מֵאַלְפֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.selected from the.families of.Israel one.thousand to the tribe two.plus ten thousand \[men\].equipped of.war

*JPS 1917:* So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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