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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. 2 Samuel 15:30הֹלֵ֣ךְ · was walking
    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
  2. 2 Samuel 16:13וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ · proceeded; הֹלֵךְ֩ · went; הָלוֹךְ֙ · As Shimei went
    So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
  3. 2 Samuel 16:17הָלַ֖כְתָּ · go
    “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
  4. 2 Samuel 17:11הֹלְכִ֖ים · lead them
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  5. 2 Samuel 17:17וְהָלְכָ֤ה · would come; יֵֽלְכ֔וּ · in turn would go
    Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
  6. 2 Samuel 17:18וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ · left
    But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
  7. 2 Samuel 17:21לֶכְתָּ֗ם · [the men] had gone; וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ · and went
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  8. 2 Samuel 17:23וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ
    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  9. 2 Samuel 18:21לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
  10. 2 Samuel 18:24וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · went up
    Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
  11. 2 Samuel 18:25וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · As the first runner drew; הָל֖וֹךְ
    So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
  12. 2 Samuel 18:33בְּלֶכְתּ֗וֹ · he walked
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  13. 2 Samuel 19:15לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ · to
    So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
  14. 2 Samuel 19:24לֶ֣כֶת · had left
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  15. 2 Samuel 19:25הָלַ֥כְתָּ · go
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
  16. 2 Samuel 19:26וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ · and go
    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
  17. 2 Samuel 20:5וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · went
    So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
  18. 2 Samuel 20:21וְאֵלְכָ֖ה · and I will depart
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  19. 2 Samuel 21:12וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ · went
    …he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
  20. 2 Samuel 23:17הַהֹלְכִ֣ים
    …saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  21. 2 Samuel 24:1לֵ֛ךְ · Go
    Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
  22. 2 Samuel 24:12הָל֞וֹךְ · Go
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  23. 1 Kings 1:12לְכִ֛י · come
    Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
  24. 1 Kings 1:13לְכִ֞י · Go
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  25. 1 Kings 1:38וַיֹּלִ֥כוּ · and they escorted
    Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
  26. 1 Kings 1:49וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ · and scattered
    At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
  27. 1 Kings 1:50וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ · and went
    But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
  28. 1 Kings 1:53לֵ֥ךְ · Go
    So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
  29. 1 Kings 2:2הֹלֵ֔ךְ · am about to go
    “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
  30. 1 Kings 2:3לָלֶ֤כֶת · to walk
    And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
  31. 1 Kings 2:4לָלֶ֤כֶת · to walk
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  32. 1 Kings 2:8לֶכְתִּ֣י · I went
    Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
  33. 1 Kings 2:26לֵ֣ךְ · Go back
    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  34. 1 Kings 2:29לֵ֥ךְ · Go
    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
  35. 1 Kings 2:40וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ · and set out; וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
    So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
  36. 1 Kings 2:41הָלַ֨ךְ · had gone
    When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
  37. 1 Kings 2:42וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ · and go
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  38. 1 Kings 3:3לָלֶ֕כֶת · [and] walked
    And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  39. 1 Kings 3:4וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ · went
    Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  40. 1 Kings 3:6הָלַ֨ךְ · he walked
    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  41. 1 Kings 3:14תֵּלֵ֣ךְ · you walk; הָלַ֖ךְ · did
    So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
  42. 1 Kings 6:12תֵּלֵ֤ךְ · you walk; לָלֶ֣כֶת · by walking
    “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.