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חֲלַף chălaph — to pass on (of time)

pronounced khal-af' · Strong's H2499 · 4 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as pass.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2498; to pass on (of time).

chălaph in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 4

יַחְלְפ֥וּן Dan 4:13 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (KJV)

יַחְלְפ֥וּן Dan 4:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; (KJV)

יַחְלְפ֣וּן Dan 4:22 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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