חֲלִיפָה
chălîyphâh · H2487 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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set
Set of inanimate objects that belong together
ExamplesGenesis 45:22 To each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.
Judges 14:12 Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propose a riddle for you; if you actually tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty outfits of clothes.
Judges 14:13 “But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty outfits of clothes.” And they said to him, “Propose your riddle, so that we may hear it.”
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shift, relief
Individual or group of people that is to replace another individual or group of people and take over his/her/their duty
Examples1 Kings 5:14 Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers.
Job 14:14 “If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my relief comes.
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change
Process of changing one's behavior
ExamplesPsalm 55:19 God will hear and humiliate them— Even the One who sits enthroned from ancient times— Selah With whom there is no change, And who do not fear God.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- בֶּגֶדgarment, clothes 5
- שִׂמְלָהclothes, garment, cloak 2
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםthirty 2
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 2
- חָמֵשׁfive 1
- עֶשֶׂרten 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 6
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
- נִיme 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀλλάσσω allássō · G236 · to change, to alter, to make different
- Greek verb ἀλλάσσω renders the Hebrew noun חֲלִיפָה in contexts denoting alteration or substitution, functioning as the natural verbal equivalent to the Hebrew nominal form expressing the concept of change or replacement.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Associate002003002002
- The noun names sets of festive garments given as gifts that seal a relationship, as Joseph gives each brother "changes of garments" and Benjamin five (Genesis 45:22), and the wager of thirty such sets in Samson's riddle-wager with the Philistines (Judges 14:12-13).
- Exchange002003002010
- The same sets of garments were given and received as an exchange between parties, the stakes of a wager or the goods of a gift transaction.
- Change002001003002
- The noun's basic sense is a "change" of clothing, a fresh set substituted for what one is currently wearing.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2487. chaliphah [חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing,…
[חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix חֲלִיפָתִי Job 14:14; plural absolute חֲלִיפוֺת Jdg 14:19 Jdg 14:3t.; construct id. Jdg 14:13; 2Ki 5:5; חֲלִפוֺת Gen 45:22 Gen 45:2t.; חֲלִפֹת Gen 45:22; Jdg 14:12; —
1 change of raiment ׳ח שׂמלת Gen 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere ׳ח בגדים Jdg 14:12-13, 2Ki 5:5, 2Ki 5:22, 2Ki 5:23; so without בגדים Jdg 14:19.
2 relays 1 Kings 5:28; compare ׳ח וצבא Job 10:17 (Di).
3 revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.
4 changing, varying, of course of life לָ֑מוֺ חֲלִיפוֺת אֵין אֲשֶׁר Psa 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (|| אלהים יָרְאוּ ולא) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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