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הָלַךְ

halak

haw-lak'

Strong's 1890 spelling: hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Rendered in the KJV as

(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.

  • 1,546
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 311
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 311

  • וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ11
  • וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ11
  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ9
  • וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ8
  • וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ8
  • לָלֶ֣כֶת8
  • וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ7
  • לֵ֣ךְ7
  • יֵלֵ֣ךְ6
  • הוֹלֵ֣ךְ5
  • וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ5
  • וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ5

and 299 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 163

  • and he went56
  • and they went39
  • go39
  • you will go16
  • come12
  • to go12
  • and go11
  • I will go11
  • come !10
  • and she went9
  • let us go9
  • and you will go7

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 93

  • Hc/Vqw3ms60
  • Hc/Vqw3mp39
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)25
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular25
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular25
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural22
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular17
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular16
  • Hc/Vqw3fs13
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular13
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute13
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular12
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 60
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 39
  • HR/Vqcc · 25
  • HVqrmsa · 25
  • HVqv2ms · 25
  • HVqv2mp · 22
  • HVqi3ms · 17
  • HVqi1cs · 16
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 13
  • HTd/Vqrmsa · 13
  • HVqaa · 13
  • HVqi2ms · 12

The first 500 of 1,546, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis122 occurrences
Exodus73 occurrences
Leviticus20 occurrences
Numbers45 occurrences
Deuteronomy53 occurrences
Joshua51 occurrences
Judges69 occurrences
Psalms67 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).