חָלַץ

H2502. chalats
I. חָלַץ verb draw off or out, withdraw, (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ; despoil, usually Pa`el etc.; Phoenician proper name חלצבעל Baal has rescued, and חלץ alone; Arabic withdraw, retire) —
Qal Perfect Hos 5:6; וְחָֽלְצָה consecutive Deu 25:9; חָֽלְצוּ Lam 4:3; Imperfect2masculine singular תַּחֲלֹץ; Passive participle construct חֲלוּץ Deu 25:10; —
1 draw, draw off, with accusative of sandal Deu 25:9; Isa 20:2 (both followed by רֶגֶל with מִן), compare הַנָּ֑עַל חֲלוּץ בֵּית Deu 25:10; draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck Lam 4:3.
2 intransitive withdraw (himself) followed by מִן Hos 5:6.
Niph`al Perfect be delivered נֶחֱלָ֑ץ Pro 11:8 (followed by מִן); Imperfect יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ Pro 11:9; יֵחָֽלְצוּן Psa 60:7 = Psa 108:7 (Ges§ 51. 2. R. 2).
Pi`el Perfect חִלֵּץ Lev 14:43 etc.; Imperfect יְחַלֵּץ Job 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה Psa 7:5 (but on text see below near the end); suffix אֲחַלָּצְךָ Psa 50:15; אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ Psa 81:8, etc.; Imperative חַלְּצָה Psa 6:5; חַלְּצֵנִי Psa 119:153; Psa 140:2; —
1 pull out, tear out Lev 14:40, Lev 14:43 (P; stones from infested house).
2 rescue, deliver, with object person, but only in poetry; — followed by נפשׁי Psa 6:5; Psa 116:8 (מִמָּ֫וֶת); compare Psa 140:2 (followed by מִן); absolute with accusative Psa 18:20 = 2Sa 22:20; Psa 34:8; Psa 50:15; Psa 81:8; Psa 91:15; Psa 119:153; Job 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה Psa 7:5; followed by accusative, but I delivered AV Hup Ri, compare Ew; and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); < and oppressed (read וָאֶלְחְצָה) Krochm Dy Gr Che; (|| רַע גָּמַלְתִּי).
II. [חָלַץ] verb equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, see Hiph`il, noun חֲלָצַיִם, and Assyrian —alƒu, fortification (SchrCOT Gloss AsrbAnnals ii. 52), compare —ilƒu, belt, ZehnpfBAS i. 499; Aramaic accinctus ad opus, strenuus, fortitudo, strenuitas, Greek ὰνδρεία, > Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. חלץ in sense strip for battle, expeditus) —
Qal only Passive participle חָלוּץ Num 32:21 Num 32:7t., construct חֲלוּץ Num 32:27; plural חֲלוּצִים Num 32:30 Num 32:2t., construct חֲלוּצֵי 1Ch 12:34 1Ch 12:3t.; חֲלֻצֵי Isa 15:4; — equipped:
1 as adjective Num 32:30, Num 32:32; Deu 3:18.
2 as substantive singular collective Num 32:21 (J E; see Niph`al Num 32:20) 2Ch 20:21; 2Ch 28:14, with article ׳הֶח Jos 6:7, Jos 6:9, Jos 6:13 (JE); צָבָא חֲלוּץ Num 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ׳ח הַמִּלְחָמָה Num 32:29 (P); ׳הֶחָ לַצָּבָא 1Ch 12:24 (23 van d. H); plural צָבָא חֲלוּצֵי Num 31:5 (P) 1Ch 12:25 (24, van d. H) 2Ch 17:18; ׳ח ׳הַצּ Jos 4:13 (P); note מוֺאָב חֲלֻצֵי Isa 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab.
Niph`al Imperfect2masculine plural תֵּחָֽלְצוּ Num 32:20, Num 32:1plural נֵחָלֵץ Num 32:17; Imperative הֵחָֽלְצוּ Num 31:3; be, or go equipped, followed by לִפְנֵי Num 32:17, Num 32:20 (both J E; see Qal Participle Num 32:21); followed by לַצָּבָא Num 31:3 (P; Niph`al Imperative here surprising with מֵאִתְּכֶם, see Di).
Hiph`il Imperfect) יַחֲלִיץ עַצְמֹתֶיךָָ Isa 58:11 he (׳י) will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che critical note Du and others read יִחֲלִיף renew, rejuvenate).