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הָלַךְ

ha.lakhto go: wentHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,548 occurrences37 books1,346 verses

Definition

akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Traditional renderings: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הָלַךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,548 total
  1. Judges 19:2וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ · and left
    But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
  2. Judges 19:3וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · and went
    …her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
  3. Judges 19:5לָלֶ֑כֶת · to depart; תֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ · you can go
    On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
  4. Judges 19:7לָלֶ֑כֶת · to depart
    The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
  5. Judges 19:8לָלֶכֶת֒ · to depart
    On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
  6. Judges 19:9לָלֶ֔כֶת · to depart; וְהָלַכְתָּ֖
    When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
  7. Judges 19:10וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ · and departed
    But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
  8. Judges 19:11לְכָה־
    When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
  9. Judges 19:13לְךָ֥ · Come
    He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
  10. Judges 19:14וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ · So they continued
    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
  11. Judges 19:17תֵלֵ֖ךְ · are you going
    When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
  12. Judges 19:18וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ · I went; הֹלֵ֔ךְ · going
    The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
  13. Judges 19:27לָלֶ֣כֶת
    In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
  14. Judges 19:28וְנֵלֵ֖כָה · Let us go; וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
    “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
  15. Judges 20:8נֵלֵךְ֙ · of us will return
    Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
  16. Judges 21:10לְ֠כוּ · Go
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
  17. Judges 21:20לְכ֖וּ · Go
    So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
  18. Judges 21:21וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם · and go
    …and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
  19. Judges 21:23וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ · They went
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  20. Judges 21:24וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ · returned
    And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
  21. Ruth 1:1וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · went
    In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
  22. Ruth 1:7וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה · and set out
    Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
  23. Ruth 1:8לֵ֣כְנָה · Go
    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
  24. Ruth 1:11תֵלַ֖כְנָה · would you go
    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
  25. Ruth 1:12לֵ֔כְןָ · Go on
    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
  26. Ruth 1:16תֵּלְכִ֜י · you go; אֵלֵ֗ךְ · I will go
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  27. Ruth 1:18לָלֶ֣כֶת · to go
    When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
  28. Ruth 1:19וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה · traveled
    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
  29. Ruth 1:21הָלַ֔כְתִּי · went away
    I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
  30. Ruth 2:2אֵֽלְכָה־ · let me go; לְכִ֥י · Go ahead
    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
  31. Ruth 2:3וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ · So Ruth departed
    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  32. Ruth 2:8תֵּלְכִי֙ · go
    Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
  33. Ruth 2:9וְהָלַ֣כְתִּ · and follow along; וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ · go
    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
  34. Ruth 2:11וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י · and how you came
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  35. Ruth 3:10לֶ֗כֶת · run
    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
  36. 1 Samuel 1:17לְכִ֣י · Go
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  37. 1 Samuel 1:18וַתֵּ֨לֶךְ · went
    “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
  38. 1 Samuel 2:11וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · went
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
  39. 1 Samuel 2:20וְהָלְכ֖וּ · Then they would go
    And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
  40. 1 Samuel 2:26הֹלֵ֥ךְ · continued to grow
    And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
  41. 1 Samuel 2:30יִתְהַלְּכ֥וּ · would walk
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  42. 1 Samuel 2:35וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · and he will walk
    Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
  43. 1 Samuel 3:5וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ · So he went
    He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.