חֲלִיפָה
cha.li.phah
“change”
Definition
alternation
from H2498 (חָלַף);
- a change, change (of garments), replacement 1a) change (of raiment) 1b) relays 1c) relief (from death) 1d) changing, varying (course of life)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֲלִיפָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.”So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
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