הָלַךְ

ha.lakh · to go: went

Hebrew · Strong's H1980 · Verb · Sounds like: haw-lak' · 1,549 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to go: went H1980G · a Meaning of 944
  • to go: walk H1980I 329
  • to go: follow H1980N · a Meaning of 82
  • to go: come! H1980K · a Meaning of 53
  • to go: come H1980H · a Meaning of 49
  • to go: continue H1980L · a Meaning of 41
  • to go: take H1980J · a Meaning of 37
  • to go: journey H1980M · a Meaning of 11
  • to go: send H1980O · a Meaning of 3

Strong's dictionary

akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הָלַךְ 1546 vb. go, come, walk
Qal Impf. usually (629 t.) as if from ילך
I. lit.
1. of persons
2. Also of animals, in similar meanings and combinations
3. in like manner of inanimate things
4. The inf. abs. is often used
a. as in other vbs., quite independently
b. to intensify meaning of finite form
c. most noteworthy is the joining of the Inf. abs.
(1). with a following Inf. abs. denoting a simutaneous action or process, and so emphasizing duration or continuance
(2). with a foll. vb. fin. c. ו consec. (rare)
(3). in cases where vb. fin. is foll. by Inf. abs. adj. denoting progress, advance
(4). twice, where vb. fin. is not הלך, but another vb. denoting motion
(5). quite by itself
(6). 13 t. the Inf. abs. = Imv. & is followed by Pf. consec.
d. akin to the use of Inf. abs. are some instances of Pt.
5. In combination with other verbal forms
II. Fig.; the most common uses follow; in most the origin in a literal meaning is evident:
1. pass away, die
2. live (‘walk’), in general
3. of moral and religious life
4. other fig. uses
Pi. (chiefly poet. and late)
1. walk in or with a throng
2. also of walking about = living
3. depart, go entirely away
4. fig. of mode of life, action, etc.
Hithp. walk, walk about, move to and fro
Hiph.
1. lead, bring
2. lead away
3. carry, bring
4. fig. of influence on character
5.
a. cause to walk, go
b. cause to flow, run
c. cause to depart, retire, go back

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 4:24 וָלֵ֑ךְ va.Lekh · A command to you: simple action

    Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

  2. 2 Kings 4:25 וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ va.Te.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:

  3. 2 Kings 4:29 וָלֵךְ֒ va.leKh · A command to you: simple action

    Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

  4. 2 Kings 4:30 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

  5. 2 Kings 4:35 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

  6. 2 Kings 5:5 לֶךְ־ lekh- · A command to you: simple action

    And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

  7. 2 Kings 5:5 וַיֵּלֶךְ֩ vai.ye.leKh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

  8. 2 Kings 5:10 הָל֗וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

  9. 2 Kings 5:11 וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ vai.ye.Lakh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

  10. 2 Kings 5:12 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

  11. 2 Kings 5:19 לֵ֣ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

  12. 2 Kings 5:19 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

  13. 2 Kings 5:24 וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ vai.ye.Le.khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

  14. 2 Kings 5:25 הָלַ֥ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

  15. 2 Kings 5:26 הָלַ֔ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

  16. 2 Kings 6:2 נֵֽלְכָה־ ne.le.khah- · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

  17. 2 Kings 6:2 לֵֽכוּ׃ Le.khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

  18. 2 Kings 6:3 וְלֵ֣ךְ ve.Lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

  19. 2 Kings 6:3 אֵלֵֽךְ׃ 'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

  20. 2 Kings 6:4 וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

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