חלף

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Aramaic

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Verb

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חלף (transliteration needed)

  1. to change, to alter

Hebrew

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Root
ח־ל־ף (kh-l-p)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, to follow, come after).

Verb

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חָלַף (khaláf) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to pass (of time)
  2. to move past, to pass through, to pass by
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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חַלָּף (khaláfm (plural indefinite חַלָּפִים, singular construct חַלָּפֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. slaughtering knife, butcher's knife

References

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  • חלף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language