הָלַךְ

ha.lakh · to go: went

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

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. Deuteronomy 1:19 וַנֵּ֡לֶךְ va.Ne.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by us

    And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  2. Deuteronomy 1:30 הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ ha.ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

  3. Deuteronomy 1:31 הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם ha.lakh.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

  4. Deuteronomy 1:33 הַהֹלֵ֨ךְ ha.ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

  5. Deuteronomy 1:33 תֵּֽלְכוּ־ te.le.khu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

  6. Deuteronomy 2:7 לֶכְתְּךָ֔ lekh.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

  7. Deuteronomy 2:14 הָלַ֣כְנוּ׀ ha.Lakh.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.

  8. Deuteronomy 2:27 אֵלֵ֑ךְ 'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

  9. Deuteronomy 4:3 הָלַךְ֙ ha.laKh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

  10. Deuteronomy 5:30 לֵ֖ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    Go say to them, Return ye to your tents.

  11. Deuteronomy 5:33 תֵּלֵ֑כוּ te.Le.khu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

  12. Deuteronomy 6:7 וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ u.ve.lekh.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  13. Deuteronomy 6:14 תֵֽלְכ֔וּן te.le.Khun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

  14. Deuteronomy 8:2 הֹלִֽיכֲךָ֜ ho.li.kha.Kha · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

  15. Deuteronomy 8:6 לָלֶ֥כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

  16. Deuteronomy 8:15 הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜ ha.mo.Li.kha.kha · An -ing word: causing it

    who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

  17. Deuteronomy 8:19 וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֗ ve.ha.lakh.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

  18. Deuteronomy 10:11 לֵ֥ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

  19. Deuteronomy 10:12 לָלֶ֤כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  20. Deuteronomy 11:19 וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ u.ve.lekh.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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