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. Judges 9:7 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

  2. Judges 9:8 הָל֤וֹךְ ha.Lokh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

  3. Judges 9:8 הָֽלְכוּ֙ ha.le.Khu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

  4. Judges 9:9 וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י ve.Ha.lakh.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

  5. Judges 9:10 לְכִי־ le.khi- · A command to you: simple action

    And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

  6. Judges 9:11 וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י ve.Ha.lakh.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

  7. Judges 9:12 לְכִי־ le.khi- · A command to you: simple action

    And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

  8. Judges 9:13 וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י ve.Ha.lakh.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

  9. Judges 9:14 לֵ֥ךְ lekh · A command to you: simple action

    Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

  10. Judges 9:21 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

  11. Judges 9:49 וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ vai.Ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

  12. Judges 9:50 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

  13. Judges 9:55 וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

  14. Judges 10:14 לְכ֗וּ le.Khu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

  15. Judges 11:5 וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ vai.ye.le.Khu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

  16. Judges 11:6 לְכָ֕ה le.Khah · A command to you: simple action

    and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

  17. Judges 11:8 וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ ve.ha.lakh.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

  18. Judges 11:11 וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

  19. Judges 11:16 וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

  20. Judges 11:18 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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