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.
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
Occurrences
1,548 total
- Job 14:20וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ · and he passes onYou forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
- Job 16:6יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ · will it go awayEven if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
- Job 16:22אֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃ · I will goFor when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
- Job 18:8יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ · and he wandersFor his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
- Job 19:10וָאֵלַ֑ךְ · until I am goneHe tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
- Job 20:25יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ · comeIt is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
- Job 22:14יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ · as He traversesThick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
- Job 23:8אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ · I goIf I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
- Job 24:10הִ֭לְּכוּ · they wander aboutWithout clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
- Job 27:21וְיֵלַ֑ךְ · and he is goneThe east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
- Job 29:3אֵ֣לֶךְ · I walked…when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Job 30:28הִ֭לַּכְתִּי · I go aboutI go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- Job 31:5הָלַ֥כְתִּי · I have walkedIf I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
- Job 31:7הָלַ֣ךְIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- Job 31:26הֹלֵֽךְ׃ · moving…if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
- Job 34:8וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת · and walksHe keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
- Job 34:23לַהֲלֹ֥ךְ · [or] have him approachFor God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
- Job 38:16הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ · or walkedHave you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
- Job 38:35וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ · on their wayCan you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
- Job 41:19יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ · streamFirebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
- Job 42:8וּלְכ֣וּ׀ · goSo now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Job 42:9וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ · wentSo Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
- Psalm 1:1הָלַךְ֮ · walkBlessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Psalm 12:8יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן · wanderThe wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
- Psalm 15:2הוֹלֵ֣ךְ · He who walksHe who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
- Psalm 23:4אֵלֵ֨ךְ · I walkEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 26:1הָלַ֑כְתִּי · have walkedOf David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalm 26:3וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי · and I have walkedFor Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
- Psalm 26:11אֵלֵ֗ךְ · will walkBut I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- Psalm 32:8תֵלֵ֑ךְ · you should goI will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Psalm 34:1וַיֵּלַֽךְ׃ · awayOf David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Psalm 34:11לְֽכוּ־ · ComeCome, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Psalm 35:14הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי · I paced aboutI paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- Psalm 38:6הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃ · I go aboutI am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalm 39:6יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־ · goes aboutSurely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalm 39:13אֵלֵ֣ךְ · I departTurn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
- Psalm 42:9אֵלֵ֗ךְ · must I walkI say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
- Psalm 43:2אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ · must I walkFor You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
- Psalm 46:8לְֽכוּ־ · ComeCome, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
- Psalm 55:14נְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · we walkedWe shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
- Psalm 56:13לְ֭הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ · that I may walkFor You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalm 58:7יִתְהַלְּכוּ־ · that runs offMay they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- Psalm 58:8יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ · that dissolvesLike a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
- Psalm 66:5לְכ֣וּ · ComeCome and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
- Psalm 66:16לְכֽוּ־ · ComeCome and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Psalm 68:21מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ · of those who persistSurely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
- Psalm 73:9תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ · strutThey set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
- Psalm 77:17יִתְהַלָּֽכוּ׃ · flashed back and forthThe clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
- Psalm 78:10לָלֶֽכֶת׃ · to liveThey failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
- Psalm 78:39ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ · a passingHe remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.