חלד

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ד (kh-l-d)
7 terms

Etymology

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

Noun

חֶלֶד • (khéled) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form חָלֶד) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (This) world, (This) life.
   • Psalms 49:1:

     כל ישבי חָלֶד

     All ye inhabitants of the world:

2. an age, a duration; a lifetime

Declension

Declension of חֶלֶד

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	חֶלֶד	first	חֶלְדִּי		חֶלְדֵּנוּ
	definite	הַחֶלֶד	second	חֶלְדְּךָ	חֶלְדֵּךְ	חֶלְדְּכֶם	חֶלְדְּכֶן
	construct	חֶלֶד־	third	חֶלְדּוֹ	חֶלְדָּהּ	חֶלְדָּם	חֶלְדָּן

Noun

חֹלֶד • (khóled) m

1. defective spelling of חולד

References

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

• "חלד" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language