BDB2796
חָלַף verb pass on or away, pass through (mostly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., pass by or away, change; Phoenician חלפת equivalent, ReinachRŠJ 1888, 276; HoffmG. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890, 20; Aramaic חֲלֵף pass away, change; [untranscribed source text 1775] change, substitute; Nabataean חלף change (?) Eutp. 53; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1776] come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e. successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives Lane792-799; so also ויחלפה MI6 and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1777] pass by, across, through) —
Qal
Perfect
חָלַף
Song 2:11; Hab 1:11 etc.;
Imperfect
יַחֲלֹף
Job 4:15 + 4 t.; 3
feminine singular suffix תַּחְלְפֵ֑הוּ
Job 20:24
יַחֲלֹ֑פוּ
Ps 102:27
Infinitive construct
לַחֲלוֺף
Isa 21:1 —
1.
a.
pass on quickly
1Sam 10:3
elsewhere only in poetry, move or sweep on, of a flood Isa 8:8, or
wind
Isa 21:1;
Job 4:15;
Hab 1:11,
of
God Job 9:11
;
Job 11:10
.
b.
pass away (vanish) Job 9:26 (of days); Song 2:11 (of rain || עבר
), of the heavens Ps 102:27, of idols Isa 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBLix. 1890, 86).
2. of grass, come on anew, i. e. sprout again (compare
Hiph`il
2) Ps
90:5;
Ps
90:6, so Thes
AV
De
Hi
Che
Bae and others; less suitably in context,
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
Ew
pass away, above
1.b.
3. transitive
a.
pass through, i.e. pierce, followed by accusative Judg 5:26; Job
20:24.
b.
overstep, transgress
Isa
24:5
(|| עבר), (compare Arabic IV. to break a
promise).
Pi`el
Imperfect
וַיְחַלֵּף (cause to pass) change
, followed by accusative garment Gen 41:14 (
E
) 2Sam
12:20.
Hiph`il
Perfect
חֶחֱלִף
Gen 31:7
Imperfect
יַחֲלִיף
Job 14:7 suffix יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ
Lev 27:10
3 feminine singular תַּחֲלִיף
Job
29:20 2 masculine singular וַתַּחֲלֵף
Gen 31:41
suffix תַּחֲלִיפֵם;
יַחֲלִ֑יפוּ
Isa
40:31; Isa
41:1
נַחֲלִיף
Isa
9:9 —
1.
change (transitive) garments Gen 35:2 (
E
) Ps
102:27, wages Gen 31:7; Gen 31:41 (both
E
); no object expressed Lev 27:10 (
H
); substitute i. e. cause to succeed
Isa 9:9
change for better, renew, object
כֹּחַ
Isa
40:31; Isa
41:1.
2.
shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Job 14:7
, of bow
Job 29:20.