Lexical Definition

‎חָלַץ‎ châlats (khaw-lats') to rescue ^H:V
a primitive root

arm (self), (go, ready) armed ([idiom] man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.

• to pull off
• hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart
• by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight)
• present, strengthen

1) to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued
1a) (Qal) equipped (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be equipped
1b2) to go equipped
1b3) to be armed
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make strong, brace up
1c2) to invigorate
2) to draw off or out, withdraw
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to draw, draw off
2a2) to withdraw
2b) (Niphal)
2b1) to be delivered
2b2) to be saved
2c) (Piel)
2c1) to pull out, tear out
2c2) to rescue, deliver, set free
2c3) to take away, plunder

See Greek: ἀποπίπτω · δύναμις · δυνατός · δύνω · ἐκδύω · ἐκκλίνω · ἐξαιρέω · θλίβω · ὀσφῦς · πλευρά · ῥύομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָלַץ‎ verb draw off or out, withdraw, (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎חֲלַץ‎; despoil, usually Pa`el etc.; Phoenician proper name ‎חלצבעל‎ Baal has rescued, and ‎חלץ‎ alone; Arabic withdraw, retire) —

Qal Perfect Hos 5:6 ‎וְחָֽלְצָה‎ consecutive Deut 25:9 ‎חָֽלְצוּ‎ Lam 4:3 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּחֲלֹץ‎; Passive participle construct ‎חֲלוּץ‎ Deut 25:10 —

1. draw, draw off, with accusative of sandal Deut 25:9; Isa 20:2 (both followed by ‎רֶגֶל‎ with ‎מִן‎), compare ‎בֵּית חֲלוּץ הַנָּ֑עַל‎ Deut 25:10 draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck Lam 4:3.

2. intransitive withdraw (himself) followed by ‎מִן‎ Hos 5:6. Niph`al Perfect be delivered ‎נֶחֱלָ֑ץ‎ Prov 11:8 (followed by ‎מִן‎); Imperfect ‎יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ‎ Prov 11:9 ‎יֵחָֽלְצוּן‎ Ps 60:7* = Ps 108:7* (Ges<sup>«GKC:51»§ 51</sup>. 2. R. 2). Pi`el Perfect ‎חִלֵּץ‎ Lev 14:43 etc.; Imperfect ‎יְחַלֵּץ‎ Job 36:15 ‎וָאֲחַלְּצָה‎ Ps 7:5* (but on text see below near the end); suffix ‎אֲחַלָּצְךָ‎ Ps 50:15 ‎אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ‎ Ps 81:8*, etc.; Imperative ‎חַלְּצָה‎ Ps 6:5* ‎חַלְּצֵנִי‎ Ps 119:153; Ps 140:2* —

1. pull out, tear out Lev 14:40; Lev 14:43 (P; stones from infested house).

2. rescue, deliver, with object person, but only in poetry; — followed by ‎נפשׁי‎ Ps 6:5*; Ps 116:8 (‎מִמָּ֫וֶת‎); compare Ps 140:2* (followed by ‎מִן‎); absolute with accusative Ps 18:20* = 2Sam 22:20; Ps 34:8*; Ps 50:15; Ps 81:8*; Ps 91:15; Ps 119:153; Job 36:15 ‎וָאֲחַלְּצָה‎ Ps 7:5* followed by accusative, but I delivered AV Hup Ri, compare Ew; and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); < and oppressed (read ‎וָ˜אֶלְחְצָה‎) Krochm Dy Gr Che; (|| ‎גָּמַלְתִּי רַע‎).

II. [‎חָלַץ‎] verb equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, see Hiph`il, noun ‎חֲלָצַיִם‎, and Assyrian —alƒu, fortification (Schr^{COT Gloss} Asrb^{Annals ii. 52}), compare —ilƒu, belt, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 499}; Aramaic accinctus ad opus, strenuus, fortitudo, strenuitas, Greek ὰνδρεία, > Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. ‎חלץ‎ in sense strip for battle, expeditus) —

Qal only Passive participle ‎חָלוּץ‎ Num 32:21 + 7 t., construct ‎חֲלוּץ‎ Num 32:27 plural ‎חֲלוּצִים‎ Num 32:30 + 2 t., construct ‎חֲלוּצֵי‎ 1Chr 12:34* + 3 t.; ‎חֲלֻצֵי‎ Isa 15:4 — equipped:

1. as adjective Num 32:30; Num 32:32; Deut 3:18.

2. as substantive singular collective Num 32:21 (J E; see Niph`al vNum 32:20) 2Chr 20:21; 2Chr 28:14, with article ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ Josh 6:7; Josh 6:9; Josh 6:13 (JE); ‎חֲלוּץ‎ ‎צָבָא‎ Num 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ‎הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Num 32:29 (P); ‎לַצָּבָא‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶחָ‎ 1Chr 12:24* (23 van d. H); plural ‎חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא‎ Num 31:5 (P) 1Chr 12:25* (24, van d. H) 2Chr 17:18 ‎׳‎‎הַצּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Josh 4:13 (P); note ‎חֲלֻצֵי‎ ‎מוֺאָב‎ Isa 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab. Niph`al Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תֵּחָֽלְצוּ‎ Num 32:20, 1 plural ‎נֵחָלֵץ‎ Num 32:17 Imperative ‎הֵחָֽלְצוּ‎ Num 31:3 be, or go equipped, followed by ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Num 32:17; Num 32:20 (both J E; see Qal Participle vNum 32:21); followed by ‎לַצָּבָא‎ Num 31:3 (P; Niph`al Imperative here surprising with ‎מֵאִתְּכֶם‎, see Di). Hiph`il Imperfect) ‎עַצְמֹתֶיךָָ יַחֲלִיץ‎ Isa 58:11 he (‎׳‎‎י‎) will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che critical note Du and others read ‎יִחֲלִיף‎ renew, rejuvenate).

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