חלד

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Hebrew

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Root
ח־ל־ד (kh-l-d)

Etymology

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Compare Arabic خلد (to be eternal) and Ge'ez ኀለደ (ḫälädä, to last a longtime).

Noun

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חֶלֶד (khéledm (Biblical Hebrew pausal form חָלֶד) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (This) world, (This) life.
    • Psalms 49:1:
      כל ישבי חָלֶד
      All ye inhabitants of the world:[1]
  2. an age, a duration; a lifetime

Noun

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חֹלֶד (khóledm

  1. defective spelling of חולד

References

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  • Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN
  • Notes: