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Hebrew verb · H2498

חָלַף

chalaphkhaw-laf'

to pass

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: châlaph

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2498is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2498

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

The King James renders it: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chalaph is rendered "to pass". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

Genesis 31:7וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Job.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he changed2
  • and change1
  • and he has changed1
  • and he may pass on1
  • and it sprouts up1
  • and it will pass on1
  • and she pierced1
  • and they may pass away1
  • and you changed1
  • and you will pass on1
  • he will pass by1
  • he will substitute it1

and 15 more, 28 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חָלַלchalalto boreUses143
חָלַקchalaqto divideUses65
חָלַץchalatsto rescueUses44
חָלַםchalambe healthyUses29
חָלַשׁchalashto weakenUses3
חָלַטchalatto catchUses1

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ2
  • יַחֲלֹֽף׃2
  • וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ1
  • וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף1
  • וְחָלַ֤ף1
  • וְחָלָ֑ף1
  • וְחָלְפָ֖ה1
  • וְחָלַפְתָּ֨1
  • וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף1
  • וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף1
  • וַיְחַלֵּף֙1
  • וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃1

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vpw3ms2Hc/Vpw3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVhi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vhq3ms1Hc/Vhq3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vhv2mp
  • Hc/Vhw2ms1Hc/Vhw2ms
  • Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
  • Hc/Vqq3fs1Hc/Vqq3fs
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp

Genesis

four uses
  • And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

    Genesis 31:7

    • וְהֶחֱלִ֥ףvehechelifHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he has changed
  • Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

    Genesis 31:41

    • וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ףvatachalefHc/Vhw2mstagged: and you changed
  • So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

    Genesis 35:2

    • וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּvehachalifuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and change
  • So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

    Genesis 41:14

    • וַיְחַלֵּ֣ףvaychalefHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he changed

Leviticus

one use
  • He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

    Leviticus 27:10

    • יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּyachalifenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will substitute it

Judges

one use
  • She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

    Judges 5:26

    • וְחָלְפָ֖הvechalfahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she pierced

1 Samuel

one use
  • Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

    1 Samuel 10:3

    • וְחָלַפְתָּ֨vechalaftaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will pass on

2 Samuel

one use
  • Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

    2 Samuel 12:20

    • וַיְחַלֵּף֙vaychalefHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he changed

Job

seven uses
  • Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

    Job 4:15

    • יַחֲלֹ֑ףyachalofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it passed over
  • Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

    Job 9:11

    • וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ףveyachalofHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may pass on
  • They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

    Job 9:26

    • חָ֭לְפוּchalfuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have passed on
  • If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

    Job 11:10

    • יַחֲלֹ֥ףyachalofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pass by
  • For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

    Job 14:7

    • יַחֲלִ֑יףyachalifverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will sprout afresh
  • Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

    Job 20:24

    • תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּtachlefehuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will cut through him
  • My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

    Job 29:20

    • תַחֲלִֽיף׃tachalifverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will show newness

Psalms

four uses
  • You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

    Psalms 90:5

    • יַחֲלֹֽף׃yachalofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it sprouts up
  • in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

    Psalms 90:6

    • וְחָלָ֑ףvechalafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it sprouts up
  • They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

    Psalms 102:26

    • תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣םtachalifemverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will change them
    • וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃veyachalofuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may pass away

Song of Solomon

one use
  • For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

    Song of Solomon 2:11

    • חָלַ֖ףchalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has passed away

Isaiah

seven uses
  • and the idols will vanish completely.

    Isaiah 2:18

    • יַחֲלֹֽף׃yachalofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will pass away
  • It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

    Isaiah 8:8

    • וְחָלַ֤ףvechalafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will pass on
  • “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

    Isaiah 9:10

    • נַחֲלִֽיף׃nachalifverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will substitute
  • This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

    Isaiah 21:1

    • לַֽחֲלֹ֔ףlachalofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sweep on
  • The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

    Isaiah 24:5

    • חָ֣לְפוּchalfuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have overstepped
  • But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

    Isaiah 40:31

    • יַחֲלִ֣יפוּyachalifuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will renew
  • “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

    Isaiah 41:1

    • יַחֲלִ֣יפוּyachalifuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them renew

Habakkuk

one use
  • Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

    Habakkuk 1:11

    • חָלַ֥ףchalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it swept on

The letters

Gematria 118· 838 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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