חֲלִיפָה
chălîyphâh · khal-ee-faw'
alternation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2498 (חָלַף);
alternation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: change, course.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲלִיפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- changes6 · 50%
- change3 · 25%
- by courses1 · 8%
- till my change1 · 8%
- because they have no changes1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.