חלף

Aramaic

Verb

חלף • (transliteration needed)

  1. to change, to alter

Hebrew
Root
ח־ל־ף‎ (ḥ-l-p)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Arabic خَلَفَ‎ (ḵalafa, “to follow, come after”).

Verb

חָלַף • (khaláf) (pa'al construction)

  1. (of time) to pass
  2. to move past, to pass through, to pass by
Conjugation
Conjugation of חָלַף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לחלוף / לַחֲלֹף‎
  • action noun: חֲלִיפָה‎
  • passive participle: חָלוּף‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָלַפְתִּי‎חָלַפְנוּ‎
second חָלַפְתָּ‎חָלַפְתְּ‎חֲלַפְתֶּם‎1חֲלַפְתֶּן‎1
third חָלַףחָלְפָה‎חָלְפוּ‎
present חוֹלֵף‎חוֹלֶפֶת‎חוֹלְפִים‎חוֹלְפוֹת‎
future first אחלוף / אֶחֱלֹף‎נחלוף / נַחֲלֹף‎
second תחלוף / תַּחֲלֹף‎תַּחַלְפִי‎תַּחַלְפוּ‎תחלופנה / תַּחֲלֹפְנָה‎2
third יחלוף / יַחֲלֹף‎תחלוף / תַּחֲלֹף‎יַחַלְפוּ‎תחלופנה / תַּחֲלֹפְנָה‎2
imperative חלוף / חֲלֹף‎חִלְפִי‎חִלְפוּ‎חלופנה / חֲלֹפְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָלַפְתֶּם‎ and חָלַפְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

חַלָּף • (khaláf) m (plural indefinite חַלָּפִים‎, singular construct חַלָּפֵי־‎) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. slaughtering knife, butcher's knife

References
  • “חַלָּף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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