חלף

Aramaic

Verb

חלף • (transliteration needed)

  1. to change, to alter

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ף (ḥ-l-p)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, to follow, come after).

Verb

חָלַף • (khaláf) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to pass (of time)
  2. to move past, to pass through, to pass by
Conjugation

or

Noun

חַלָּף • (khaláf) m (plural indefinite חַלָּפִים, singular construct חַלָּפֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. slaughtering knife, butcher's knife

References

  • חלף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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