Lexical Definition

‎חָלַף‎ châlaph (khaw-laf') to pass ^H:V
a primitive root

abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

• properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change

1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pass on quickly
1a2) to pass away (vanish)
1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)
1a4) to pass through
1a5) to overstep, transgress
1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change
1c) (Hiph)
1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
1c2) to show newness (of tree)

See Greek: ἀλλάσσω · ἀπέρχομαι · ἀφαιρέω · διέρχομαι · ἑλίσσω · ἐπέρχομαι · καταστρέφω · μεταβάλλω · παραλογίζομαι · παρέρχομαι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (‎ח‎ֲ‎ל‎ַ‎ף‎ "to pass" חֲלַף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: חֲלַף
‎חָלַף‎ verb pass on or away, pass through (mostly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., pass by or away, change; Phoenician ‎חלפת‎ equivalent, Reinach^{RŠJ 1888, 276}; Hoffm^{G. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890, 20}; Aramaic ‎חֲלֵף‎ pass away, change; change, substitute; Nabataean ‎חלף‎ change (?) Eut^{p. 53}; Arabic come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e. successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives Lane^792-799; so also ‎ויחלפה‎ MI⁶ and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic pass by, across, through) —

Qal Perfect ‎חָלַף‎ Song 2:11; Hab 1:11 etc.; Imperfect ‎יַחֲלֹף‎ Job 4:15 + 4 t.; 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תַּחְלְפֵ֑הוּ‎ Job 20:24 ‎יַחֲלֹ֑פוּ‎ Ps 102:27* Infinitive construct ‎לַחֲלוֺף‎ Isa 21:1 —

1. a. pass on quickly 1Sam 10:3 elsewhere only in poetry, move or sweep on, of a flood Isa 8:8, or wind Isa 21:1; Job 4:15; Hab 1:11, of God Job 9:11; Job 11:10.
b. pass away (vanish) Job 9:26 (of days); Song 2:11 (of rain || ‎עבר‎), of the heavens Ps 102:27*, of idols Isa 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBL^{ix. 1890, 86}).

2. of grass, come on anew, i. e. sprout again (compare Hiph`il 2) Ps 90:5; Ps 90:6, so Thes AV De Hi Che Bae and others; less suitably in context, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Ew pass away, above

1 b. 3. transitive
a. pass through, i.e. pierce, followed by accusative Judg 5:26; Job 20:24.
b. overstep, transgress Isa 24:5 (|| ‎עבר‎), (compare Arabic IV. to break a promise). Pi`el Imperfect ‎וַיְחַלֵּף‎ (cause to pass) change, followed by accusative garment Gen 41:14 (E) 2Sam 12:20. Hiph`il Perfect ‎חֶחֱלִף‎ Gen 31:7 Imperfect ‎יַחֲלִיף‎ Job 14:7 suffix ‎יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ‎ Lev 27:10 3 feminine singular ‎תַּחֲלִיף‎ Job 29:20 2 masculine singular ‎וַתַּחֲלֵף‎ Gen 31:41 suffix ‎תַּחֲלִיפֵם‎; ‎יַחֲלִ֑יפוּ‎ Isa 40:31; Isa 41:1 ‎נַחֲלִיף‎ Isa 9:9* —

1. change (transitive) garments Gen 35:2 (E) Ps 102:27*, wages Gen 31:7; Gen 31:41 (both E); no object expressed Lev 27:10 (H); substitute i. e. cause to succeed Isa 9:9* change for better, renew, object ‎כֹּחַ‎ Isa 40:31; Isa 41:1.

2. shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Job 14:7, of bow Job 29:20.

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