החליף
Hebrew
Verb
הֶחְלִיף • (hekhlíf) (hif'il construction)
- To swap, exchange, change: to replace one thing with another.
- Genesis 35:2:
- […] וְהִטַּהֲרוּ וְהַחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם׃
- […] v'hitaharú v'hakhalífu' simloteikhém.
- […] and be clean, and change your garments: [KJV]
- […] וְהִטַּהֲרוּ וְהַחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם׃
- Genesis 31:7:
- וַאֲבִיכֶן הֵתֶל בִּי וְהֶחֱלִף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים […]
- va'avikhén hetél bí v'hekhelíf ét-maskurtí aséret moním […]
- And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; […] [KJV]
- וַאֲבִיכֶן הֵתֶל בִּי וְהֶחֱלִף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים […]
- Genesis 35:2:
- (of a plant) To grow new branches.
- Job 14:7:
- כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִם־יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל׃
- kí yésh la'éts tikvá ím-yikarét v'ód yakhalíf v'yonaktó ló tekhdál:
- For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. [KJV]
- כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִם־יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל׃
- Job 14:7:
- (modern) To change one's mind.
- Used figuratively.
- לא החלפתי איתה מילה. ― ló hekhláfti itá milá. ― I didn't exchange a single word with her.
References
- “חלף, הֶחֱלִיף” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 399.
- “החליף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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