חָלַף
cha.laph
“to pass”
Definition
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
a primitive root;
- 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) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (*חֲלַף *"to pass" H2499)
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Occurrences
חָלַף appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
For there is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its tender shoots will not fail.
They sweep by like boats of papyrus,like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
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