H2487

חֲלִיפָה

cha.li.phahH:N-F

change

1) a change, change (of garments), replacement 1a) change (of raiment) 1b) relays 1c) relief (from death) 1d) changing, varying (course of life)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix חֲלִיפָתִי Job 14:14 plural absolute חֲלִיפוֺת Judg 14:19 + 3 t.; construct id. Judg 14:13; 2Kgs 5:5 חֲלִפוֺת Gen 45:22 + 2 t.; חֲלִפֹת Gen 45:22; Judg 14:12 —

1. change of raiment שׂמלת ׳ח Gen 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere בגדים ׳ח Judg 14:12; Judg 14:13; 2Kgs 5:5; 2Kgs 5:22; 2Kgs 5:23 so without בגדים Judg 14:19.
2. relays 1Kgs 5:28 compare וצבא ׳ח Job 10:17 (Di).
3. revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.
4. changing, varying, of course of life אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֺת לָ֑מוֺ Ps 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (|| ולא יָ˜רְאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.


9 occurrences

Genesis (1), Judges (3), II Kings (3), Job (2)