Midvash

חָלַץchâlats

חָלַץ: draw off or out, withdraw

Pronunciation: khaw-lats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2502

Meanings

Qal

1. draw, draw off (Deuteronomy 25:9; Isaiah 20:2; Deuteronomy 25:10)

2. intransitive withdraw (himself) (Hosea 5:6)

Niph`al: be delivered (Proverbs 11:8; Proverbs 11:9; Psalms 60:7)

Pi`el

1. pull out, tear out (Leviticus 14:40; Leviticus 14:43)

2. rescue, deliver (Psalms 6:5; Psalms 116:8; Psalms 140:2)

חָלַץ: equip for war

Qal: equipped (Numbers 32:21; Numbers 32:27; Numbers 32:30)

1. as adjective (Numbers 32:30; Numbers 32:32; Deuteronomy 3:18)

2. as substantive singular collective (Numbers 32:21; Numbers 32:20; 2 Chronicles 20:21)

Niph`al: be or go equipped (Numbers 32:20; Numbers 32:17; Numbers 31:3)

Hiph`il: he, will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (Isaiah 58:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 44 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 14:40 the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean.
  • Leviticus 14:43 “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,
  • Numbers 31:3 So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the Lord’s war of revenge against Midian.
  • Numbers 31:5 So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.
  • Numbers 32:17 Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.
  • Numbers 32:20 Then Moses said, “If you keep your word and arm yourselves for the Lord’s battles,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).