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. Ruth 1:1 וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

  2. Ruth 1:7 וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה va.te.Lakh.nah · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

  3. Ruth 1:8 לֵ֣כְנָה Le.khe.nah · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

  4. Ruth 1:11 תֵלַ֖כְנָה te.Lakh.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

  5. Ruth 1:12 לֵ֔כְןָ Le.khe.na · A command to all of you: simple action

    Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

  6. Ruth 1:16 תֵּלְכִ֜י te.le.Khi · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

  7. Ruth 1:16 אֵלֵ֗ךְ 'e.Lekh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

  8. Ruth 1:18 לָלֶ֣כֶת la.Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

  9. Ruth 1:19 וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה va.te.Lakh.nah · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?

  10. Ruth 1:21 הָלַ֔כְתִּי ha.Lakh.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

  11. Ruth 2:2 אֵֽלְכָה־ 'e.le.khah- · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

  12. Ruth 2:2 לְכִ֥י le.Khi · A command to you: simple action

    And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

  13. Ruth 2:3 וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ va.Te.lekh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

  14. Ruth 2:8 תֵּלְכִי֙ te.le.Khi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

  15. Ruth 2:9 וְהָלַ֣כְתִּ ve.ha.Lakht · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

  16. Ruth 2:9 וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ ve.ha.lakhT · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

  17. Ruth 2:11 וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י va.Te.le.Khi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

  18. Ruth 3:10 לֶ֗כֶת Le.khet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

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