Lexical Definition

‎חֲלִיפָה‎ chălîyphâh (khal-ee-faw') change ^H:N-F
from ‎חָלַף‎

change, course.

• alternation

1) a change, change (of garments), replacement
1a) change (of raiment)
1b) relays
1c) relief (from death)
1d) changing, varying (course of life)

See Greek: ἀντάλλαγμα · ἐπάγω · στολή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חֲלִיפָה‎] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix ‎חֲלִיפָתִי‎ Job 14:14 plural absolute ‎חֲלִיפוֺת‎ Judg 14:19 + 3 t.; construct id. Judg 14:13; 2Kgs 5:5 ‎חֲלִפוֺת‎ Gen 45:22 + 2 t.; ‎חֲלִפֹת‎ Gen 45:22; Judg 14:12 —

1. change of raiment ‎שׂמלת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere ‎בגדים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Judg 14:12; Judg 14:13; 2Kgs 5:5; 2Kgs 5:22; 2Kgs 5:23 so without ‎בגדים‎ Judg 14:19.

2. relays 1Kgs 5:28* compare ‎וצבא‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 10:17 (Di).

3. revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.

4. changing, varying, of course of life ‎אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֺת לָ֑מוֺ‎ Ps 55:20* of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (|| ‎ולא יָ˜רְאוּ אלהים‎) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.

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