I. חָלַץ verb draw off or out, withdraw, (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ; despoil, usually Pa`el etc.; Phoenician proper name חלצבעל Baal has rescued, and חלץ alone; Arabic withdraw, retire) —
1. draw, draw off, with accusative of sandal
Deut 25:9;
Isa 20:2 (both followed by
רֶגֶל with
מִן), compare
בֵּית חֲלוּץ הַנָּ֑עַל Deut 25:10 draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck
Lam 4:3.
2. rescue, deliver, with object person, but only in poetry; — followed by
נפשׁי Ps 6:5;
Ps 116:8 (
מִמָּ֫וֶת); compare
Ps 140:2 (followed by
מִן); absolute with accusative
Ps 18:20 =
2Sam 22:20;
Ps 34:8;
Ps 50:15;
Ps 81:8;
Ps 91:15;
Ps 119:153;
Job 36:15 וָאֲחַלְּצָה Ps 7:5 followed by accusative,
but I delivered AV Hup Ri, compare Ew;
and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); <
and oppressed (read
וָאֶלְחְצָה) Krochm Dy Gr Che; (||
גָּמַלְתִּי רַע).
II. [חָלַץ] verb equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, see Hiph`il, noun חֲלָצַיִם, and Assyrian —alƒu, fortification (SchrCOT Gloss AsrbAnnals ii. 52), compare —ilƒu, belt, ZehnpfBAS i. 499; Aramaic accinctus ad opus, strenuus, fortitudo, strenuitas, Greek ὰνδρεία, > Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. חלץ in sense strip for battle, expeditus) —
2. as substantive singular collective
Num 32:21 (J E; see Niph`al v
Num 32:20)
2Chr 20:21;
2Chr 28:14, with article
׳הֶח Josh 6:7;
Josh 6:9;
Josh 6:13 (JE);
חֲלוּץ צָבָא Num 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so
הַמִּלְחָמָה ׳ח Num 32:29 (P);
לַצָּבָא ׳הֶחָ 1Chr 12:24 (23 van d. H); plural
חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא Num 31:5 (P)
1Chr 12:25 (24, van d. H)
2Chr 17:18 ׳הַצּ ׳ח Josh 4:13 (P); note
חֲלֻצֵי מוֺאָב Isa 15:4 warriors (
equipped ones, Che
men-at-arms)
of Moab. Niph`al Imperfect 2 masculine plural
תֵּחָֽלְצוּ Num 32:20, 1 plural
נֵחָלֵץ Num 32:17 Imperative הֵחָֽלְצוּ Num 31:3 be, or
go equipped, followed by
לִפְנֵי Num 32:17;
Num 32:20 (both J E; see Qal Participle v
Num 32:21); followed by
לַצָּבָא Num 31:3 (P; Niph`al Imperative here surprising with
מֵאִתְּכֶם, see Di).
Hiph`il Imperfect)
עַצְמֹתֶיךָָ יַחֲלִיץ Isa 58:11 he (
׳י)
will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che critical note Du and others read
יִחֲלִיף renew, rejuvenate).