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1 Samuel 10:3

“Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָלַףchâlaph · khaw-laf'
H2498 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
חָלַפְתָּ֨ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq2ms
Usage: Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:7 Genesis 31:41 Genesis 35:2 Genesis 41:14 Leviticus 27:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָלַף here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.