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. Esther 2:11 מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ mit.ha.Lekh · An -ing word: doing it to oneself

    And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

  2. Esther 4:16 לֵךְ֩ leKh · A command to you: simple action

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

  3. Esther 9:4 הוֹלֵ֣ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

  4. Esther 9:4 הוֹלֵ֥ךְ ho.Lekh · An -ing word: simple action

    For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

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