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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. 1 Samuel 16:1וְלֵ֤ךְ · and go
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  2. 1 Samuel 16:2אֵלֵ֔ךְ · can I go
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  3. 1 Samuel 16:13וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ · and went
    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
  4. 1 Samuel 17:7הֹלֵ֥ךְ · went
    The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:13וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ; הָלְכ֥וּ · had followed; הָלְכוּ֙
    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
  6. 1 Samuel 17:14הָלְכ֖וּ · had followed
    And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
  7. 1 Samuel 17:15הֹלֵ֥ךְ · went back and forth
    …but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
  8. 1 Samuel 17:20וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ · and set out
    So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
  9. 1 Samuel 17:32יֵלֵ֔ךְ · will go
    And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
  10. 1 Samuel 17:33לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · go out
    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
  11. 1 Samuel 17:37לֵ֔ךְ · Go
    David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
  12. 1 Samuel 17:39לָלֶכֶת֮ · to walk; לָלֶ֥כֶת · walk
    David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
  13. 1 Samuel 17:41וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ · came; הֹלֵ֥ךְ
    Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
  14. 1 Samuel 17:44לְכָ֣ה · Come
    “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
  15. 1 Samuel 17:48וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · started
    As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
  16. 1 Samuel 18:27וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ׀ · went out
    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
  17. 1 Samuel 19:12וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
    So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
  18. 1 Samuel 19:18וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · went [to Naioth]
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  19. 1 Samuel 19:22וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · left for
    Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
  20. 1 Samuel 19:23וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · So Saul went; וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · and he walked along; הָלוֹךְ֙
    So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
  21. 1 Samuel 20:11לְכָ֖ה · Come
    “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
  22. 1 Samuel 20:13וְהָלַכְתָּ֣
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  23. 1 Samuel 20:21לֵ֖ךְ · Go
    Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
  24. 1 Samuel 20:22לֵ֕ךְ · you must go
    But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
  25. 1 Samuel 20:40לֵ֖ךְ · Go
    Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
  26. 1 Samuel 20:42לֵ֣ךְ · Go; וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ · and departed
    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
  27. 1 Samuel 22:1וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · left
    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
  28. 1 Samuel 22:3וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · went
    From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
  29. 1 Samuel 22:5לֵ֥ךְ · Depart; וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · left
    Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  30. 1 Samuel 23:2הַאֵלֵ֣ךְ · Should I go; לֵ֚ךְ · Go
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
  31. 1 Samuel 23:3נֵלֵ֣ךְ · we go
    But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
  32. 1 Samuel 23:5וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · went
    Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
  33. 1 Samuel 23:13וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכ֖וּ · moving from place to place; יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ
    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
  34. 1 Samuel 23:16וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · came
    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
  35. 1 Samuel 23:18הָלַ֥ךְ · went
    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
  36. 1 Samuel 23:22לְכוּ־ · go
    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
  37. 1 Samuel 23:23וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י · and I will go
    Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
  38. 1 Samuel 23:24וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · and went
    So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
  39. 1 Samuel 23:25וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · went
    …and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
  40. 1 Samuel 23:26וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · was proceeding along
    Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.