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. Isaiah 1:18 לְכוּ־ le.khu- · A command to all of you: simple action

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  2. Isaiah 2:3 וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ ve.ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

  3. Isaiah 2:3 לְכ֣וּ׀ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

  4. Isaiah 2:3 וְנֵלְכָ֖ה ve.ne.le.Khah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

  5. Isaiah 2:5 לְכ֥וּ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

  6. Isaiah 2:5 וְנֵלְכָ֖ה ve.ne.le.Khah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

  7. Isaiah 3:16 וַתֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙ va.te.Lakh.nah · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

  8. Isaiah 3:16 הָל֤וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

  9. Isaiah 3:16 תֵּלַ֔כְנָה te.Lakh.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

  10. Isaiah 6:8 יֵֽלֶךְ־ ye.lekh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

  11. Isaiah 6:9 לֵ֥ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  12. Isaiah 8:6 הַהֹלְכִ֖ים ha.ho.le.Khim · An -ing word: simple action

    Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

  13. Isaiah 8:7 וְהָלַ֖ךְ ve.ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

  14. Isaiah 8:11 מִלֶּ֛כֶת mi.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

  15. Isaiah 9:2 הַהֹלְכִ֣ים ha.ho.le.Khim · An -ing word: simple action

    The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  16. Isaiah 18:2 לְכ֣וּ׀ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

  17. Isaiah 20:2 לֵ֗ךְ Lekh · A command to you: simple action

    at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  18. Isaiah 20:2 הָלֹ֖ךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  19. Isaiah 20:3 הָלַ֛ךְ ha.Lakh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;

  20. Isaiah 21:6 לֵ֚ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

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