חָלַץ
to arm
‘to arm’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘draw’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be delivered’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘pull out’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
Form
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 22 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 8 times (18%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Construct 5 times (11%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Construct 2 times (5%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 2 times (5%)
+14 more forms (15 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 44 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2502 appears — 44 distinct verses across 13 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 14:40 וְ/חִלְּצוּ֙ conj + Piel wpf 3cp then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:
- Leviticus 14:43 חִלֵּ֣ץ Piel pf 3ms "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;
Numbers 9 verses
- Numbers 31:3 הֵחָלְצ֧וּ Niphal impv 2mp Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
- Numbers 31:5 חֲלוּצֵ֥י Qal ptcp.pass mp cs So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- Numbers 32:17 נֵחָלֵ֣ץ Niphal impf 1cp but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
- Numbers 32:20 תֵּחָֽלְצ֛וּ Niphal impf 2mp Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
- Numbers 32:21 חָל֛וּץ Qal ptcp.pass ms and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
- Numbers 32:27 חֲל֥וּץ Qal ptcp.pass ms cs but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.
- Numbers 32:29 חָל֤וּץ Qal ptcp.pass ms Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
- Numbers 32:30 חֲלוּצִ֖ים Qal ptcp.pass mp but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- Numbers 32:32 חֲלוּצִ֛ים Qal ptcp.pass mp We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:18 חֲלוּצִ֣ים Qal ptcp.pass mp I commanded you at that time, saying, Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
- Deuteronomy 25:9 וְ/חָלְצָ֤ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
- Deuteronomy 25:10 חֲל֥וּץ Qal ptcp.pass ms cs His name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has his shoe untied.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 4:13 חֲלוּצֵ֣י Qal ptcp.pass mp cs about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 6:7 וְ/הֶ֣/חָל֔וּץ conj + ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:9 וְ/הֶ/חָל֣וּץ conj + ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.
- Joshua 6:13 וְ/הֶ/חָלוּץ֙ conj + ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:23 הֶֽ/חָלוּץ֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 חֲלוּצֵ֥י Qal ptcp.pass mp cs The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 17:18 חֲלוּצֵ֥י Qal ptcp.pass mp cs and next to him Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 הֶֽ/חָל֔וּץ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 2 Chronicles 28:14 הֶֽ/חָל֗וּץ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass ms So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
Job 1 verse
Psalms 12 verses
- Psalms 6:4 חַלְּצָ֣/ה Piel impv 2ms + sfx h Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, And save me for your loving kindness' sake.
- Psalms 7:4 וָ/אֲחַלְּצָ֖/ה conj + Piel wimpf 1cs + sfx h If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
- Psalms 18:19 יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗/נִי Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Psalms 34:7 וַֽ/יְחַלְּצֵֽ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp The angel of Yahweh encamps round about those who fear him, And delivers them.
- Psalms 50:15 אֲ֝חַלֶּצְ/ךָ֗ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
- Psalms 60:5 יֵחָלְצ֣וּ/ן Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n So that your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 81:7 וָ/אֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥/ךָּ conj + Piel wimpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.
- Psalms 91:15 אֲ֝חַלְּצֵ֗/הוּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Psalms 108:6 יֵחָלְצ֣וּ/ן Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 116:8 חִלַּ֥צְתָּ Piel pf 2ms For you have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
- Psalms 119:153 וְ/חַלְּצֵ֑/נִי conj + Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law.
- Psalms 140:1 חַלְּצֵ֣/נִי Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
Proverbs 2 verses
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 15:4 חֲלֻצֵ֤י Qal ptcp.pass mp cs Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even to Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles within him.
- Isaiah 20:2 תַחֲלֹ֖ץ Qal impf 2ms at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put your shoe from off your foot. He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 58:11 יַחֲלִ֑יץ Hiphil impf 3ms and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
Lamentations 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to arm” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb חלץ (châlats). Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Niphal. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 44 verses — moderately common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Psalms. First canonically at Leviticus 14:40, it enters the text early. See the sense tree, 44-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2502 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 44
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 44 distinct verses.
- 13 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 13 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #819
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 819 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 44 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 44 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 21 verses · 48%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 14 verses · 32%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 9 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Armed 5×, Deliver 3×, Armed men 2×
- American Standard Version†: Armed 5×, Deliver 3×, Armed men 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Armed 5×, Armed troops 3×, Armed men 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Armed 3×, Equipped 3×, Ones 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2502 across 44† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2502 across 43† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2502 across 42† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2502 across 53† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
חלץ I draw off or out, withdraw (NH id.
Qal
- Pf. Ho 5:6; וְחָֽלְצָה consec. Dt 25:9; חָֽלְצוּ La 4:3; Impf. 2 ms. תַּחֲלֹץ; Pt. pass. cstr. חֲלוּץ Dt 25:10— e.g. Hosea 5:6
- 1. draw, draw off, c. acc. of sandal Dt 25:9 Is 20:2 (both sq. רֶגֶל c. מִן), cf. בֵּית חֲלוּץ הַנָּ֑עַל Dt 25:10; draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck La 4:3. e.g. Deuteronomy 25:9
- 2. intrans. withdraw (himself) sq. מִן Ho 5:6. e.g. Hosea 5:6
Niphal
- Pf. be delivered נֶחֱלָ֑ץ Pr 11:8 (sq. מִן); Impf. יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ Pr 11:9; יֵחָֽלְצוּן ψ 60:7 = 108:7 (Ges§ 51. 2. R. 2). e.g. Proverbs 11:8
Piel
- Pf. חִלֵּץ Lv 14:43 etc.; Impf. יְחַלֵּץ Jb 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה ψ 7:5 (but on text vid. infr. ad fin.); sf. אֲחַלֶּצְךָ ψ 50:15; אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ ψ 81:8, etc.; Imv. חַלְּצָה ψ 6:5; חַלְּצֵנִי ψ 119:153; 140:2;— e.g. Leviticus 14:43
- 1. pull out, tear out Lv 14:40, 43 (P; stones from infested house). e.g. Leviticus 14:40
- 2. rescue, deliver, c. obj. pers., but only poet.;—sq. נפשׁי ψ 6:5; 116:8 (מִמָּ֫וֶת); cf. 140:2 (sq. מִן); abs. c. acc. ψ 18:20 = 2 S 22:20, ψ 34:8; 50:15; 81:8; 91:15; 119:153 Jb 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה ψ 7:5; sq. acc., but I delivered AV Hup Ri, cf. Ew; and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); and oppressed (read וָאֶֽלְחְצָה) Krochm Dy Gr Che; (‖ גָּמַלְתִּי רַע). e.g. Psalms 6:5
חלץ II
Qal
- only Pt. pass. חָלוּץ Nu 32:21 + 7 times, cstr. חֲלוּץ Nu 32:27; pl. חֲלוּצִים Nu 32:30 + 2 times, cstr. חֲלוּצֵי 1 Ch 12:24 + 3 times; חֲלֻצֵי Is 15:4;—equipped: e.g. Numbers 32:21
- 1. as adj. Nu 32:30, 32 Dt 3:18. e.g. Numbers 32:30
- 2. as subst. sg. coll. Nu 32:21 (JE; v. Niph. v 20) 2 Ch 20:21; 28:14, c. art. הֶח׳ Jos 6:7, 9, 13 (JE); חֲלוּץ צָבָא Nu 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ח׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה 32:29 (P); הֶחָ׳ לַצָּבָא 1 Ch 12:24 (v 23 van d. H.); pl. חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא Nu 31:5 (P) 1 Ch 12:25 (v 24 Van d. H.) 2 Ch 17:18; ח׳ הַצּ׳ Jos 4:13 (P); note חֲלֻצֵי מוֹאָב Is 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab. e.g. Numbers 32:21
Niphal
- Impf. 2 mpl. תֵּחָֽלְצוּ Nu 32:20, 1 pl. נֵחָלֵץ Nu 32:17; Imv. הֵחָֽלְצוּ Nu 31:3; be, or go equipped, sq. לִפְנֵי Nu 32:17, 20 (both JE; v. Qal Pt. v 21); sq. לַצָּבָא 31:3 (P; Niph. Imv. here surprising with מֵאִתְּכֶם, v. Di). e.g. Numbers 32:20
Hiphil
- Impf. עַצְמֹתֶיךָ יַחֲלִיץ Is 58:11 he (י׳) will brace up, invigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che crit. n. Du al. read יַחֲלִיף renew, rejuvenate). e.g. Isaiah 58:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. draw off or out, withdraw (NH id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ; ܚܠܰܨ despoil, usually Pa. etc.; Ph. n.pr. חלצבעל Baal has rescued, and חלץ alone; Arabic خَلَصَ withdraw, retire)—
II. vb. equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, v. Hiph., n. חֲלָצַיִם, and Assyrian ḫalṣu, fortification (SchrCOT Gloss Asrb. Annals ii. 52), cf. ḫhilṣu, belt, ZehnpfundBAS i. 499; Aramaic ܚܠܻܝܨ accinctus ad opus, strenuus, ܚܠܻܝܨܽܘܬܳܐ fortitudo, strenuitas, Gk. ἀνδρεία, > Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. חלץ in sense strip for battle, expeditus)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חָלַץ
- v. Ges. H. Dict.10 s. v. חלץ I, II)
- 1. to surround, fortify; to gird, arm. Yalk. Gen. 133 (fr. Midr. Vayis‛u) חָלְצוּ עצמם they armed themselves, v. Pi. a. Hif.
- 2. to untie, loosen, tear out; to strip, lay bare. M. Kat. 22ᵇ חוֹלֵץ one bares the shoulder (in mourning). Ib. IV, 7 (24ᵇ) חוֹלְצִין. B. Mets. 59ᵇ וח׳ מנעליו and took his shoes off. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵇ חוֹלְצָן he takes them (the T’fillin) off; Ber. 23ᵃ; Y. ib. II, 4ᶜ.—Pes. 4ᵃ; M. Kat. 20ᵇ חֲלוֹץ לי מנעלי take my shoes off. Ḥull. 90ᵇ חוֹלְצוֹ לתפוח he takes the sinew out and puts it on the pile &c. Tosef. Neg. VI, 10 בזמן שחוא חוֹלֵץ when he has to tear out (a leprous stone), v. נָתַץ.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, end, 42ᵃ; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 8 כדי שיהו חוֹלְצִין את גלעיניהן in order to loosen the stones (of the olives); a. fr.—Part. pass. חָלוּץ, f. חֲלוּצָה, pl. חֲלוּצִים, f. חֲלוּצוֹת. Y. Sot. I, beg. 16ᵇ וזרועותיה ח׳ her arms bared.—Sabb. 137ᵃ, a. e. חֲלָצַתּוֹ חמה the fever left him.—Esp. to perform the ceremony of taking off the Yabam’s shoe (v. יָבָם); ח׳ ביבמה to arrange the Ḥălitsah, to act as judge; ח׳ ל־ to have the shoe taken off for refusing the leviratical marriage; ח׳ מ־ to take the shoe off. Yeb. 102ᵃ כלום ראית שח׳ וכ׳ did you ever see him act as a judge at a Ḥălitsah? Ib. IV, 1 החוֹלֵץ ליבמתו וכ׳ if one gave ḥălitsah to his sister-in-law, and it was found out afterwards &c. Ib. III, 1 חוֹלְצוֹת ולא מתיבמות they must be released by ḥăl., but must not be married by the yabam. Ib. XII, 1 חָלְצָה במנעל if she performed the ceremony with a leather shoe. Ib. 102ᵃ חוֹלְצִין במנעל you may have the ceremony performed with &c. Ib. 102ᵇ שמא חָלְצָה סנדל לאחד וכ׳ perhaps she has performed the ceremony of ḥal. on one of the brothers. Ib. החוֹלֶצֶת מן וכ׳ if one performed the ceremony on an adult … Ib. (ref. to Hos. V, 6) מי כתיב ח׳ להם ה׳ מהם וכ׳ is it written, He had his shoe taken off by them (the Lord being the rejecting party)? It is written, He took their shoe off &c., v. next w.; a. v. fr.—חֲלוּצָה a woman released from leviratical marriage by ḥălitsah. Ib. VII, 1. Ib. IV, 12 חֲלוּצָתוֹ his rejected sister-in-law; a. fr. e.g. Hosea 5:6
- to be peeled off. Y. Sabb. XX, 17ᶜ bot. ועורו נ׳ and his skin will peel itself off.
- 1. to extract, loosen, to deliver.
- 2. to gird, strengthen. Yeb. 102ᵇ (in a discussion about the meaning of וחלצה, Deut. XXV, 9) והכתיב יְחַלּץ עני but do we not read (Job XXXVI, 15), He girds the poor? Answ. יְחַלְּצוֹ מדינה וכ׳ It means, He will deliver him from the judgment &c. Ib. (after ref. to יחליץ, Is. LVIII, 11) the root חלץ means both (girding and loosening), but here (Deut. l. c.), if it meant tying on, it would read וחלצה נעלו ברגלו she shall tie his shoe on his foot. e.g. Deuteronomy 25:9
- 1. to loosen, untie;
- 2. to gird, arm;
- 3. to deliver;
- 4. to smoothen, give ease of mind. Lev. R. s. 34 (ref. to יחליץ, Is. l. c.) יזיין (Ar. ישלוף) ישמוט ישזיב ויניח (which means) He shall loosen as in Deut. l. c., gird as ib. III, 18, deliver as in Ps. CXL, 2, and give ease as in the Sabbath prayer after meal רצה והַחֲלִיצֵנוּ be pleased to give us ease of mind. V. חִלּוּץ. e.g. Psalms 140:2
חֲלַץ
- 1. to take off, undress. Part. pass. חָלִיץ. Targ. II Sam. VI, 20.—Lam. R. introd (R. Joh. 1) חֲלִיצֵי מסאני without shoes. M. Kat. 22ᵇ למִיחֲלַץ to bare their shoulders.
- 2. to withdraw. Yeb. 102ᵇ עמא דח׳ ליה … מיניה a people from which its lord has withdrawn (with ref. to חלץ מהם, Hos. V, 6). e.g. Hosea 5:6
- 3. to perform the rite of ḥălitsah; v. infra.
- 1. to perform or arrange the rite of ḥălitsah. Ib. לה אחין וכ׳ (or דחלְצוּ) ואילו יבמה דחַלְּצוּ suppose brothers would untie the shoe of their sister-in-law, would this be of any legal consequence? Ib.ᵃ אנא לא הואי חַלִּיצְנָא וכ׳ I should not have allowed a ḥălitsah except &c.; a. fr.
- 2. to undress, strip. Targ. I Sam. XXXI, 9. Ib. 8 (h. text לפשט); Targ. I Kings XI, 15 (h. text לקבר!).
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 41 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 44 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Leviticus 14:40
- Numbers 31:3
- Deuteronomy 3:18
- Joshua 4:13
- 2 Samuel 22:20
- 1 Chronicles 12:23
- 2 Chronicles 17:18
- Job 36:15
- Psalms 6:4
- Proverbs 11:8
- Isaiah 15:4
- Lamentations 4:3
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