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
- Ecclesiastes 9:7לֵ֣ךְ · GoGo, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Ecclesiastes 9:10הֹלֵ֥ךְ · are goingWhatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3הֹלֵ֖ךְ · walksEven as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:7הֹלְכִ֥ים · goI have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
- Ecclesiastes 10:15לָלֶ֥כֶת · the wayThe toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20יוֹלִ֣יךְ · may carryDo not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9וְהַלֵּךְ֙ · WalkRejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5הֹלֵ֤ךְ · goes…when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- Song of Solomon 2:10וּלְכִי־ · Come awayMy beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- Song of Solomon 2:11הָלַ֥ךְ · and goneFor now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
- Song of Solomon 2:13לְכִי · come away; וּלְכִי־ · come awayThe fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- Song of Solomon 4:6אֵ֤לֶךְ · I will make my wayBefore the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- Song of Solomon 6:1הָלַ֣ךְ · goneWhere has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
- Song of Solomon 7:9הוֹלֵ֥ךְ · May it flow…and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- Song of Solomon 7:11לְכָ֤ה · ComeCome, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
- Isaiah 1:18לְכוּ־ · Come“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Isaiah 2:3וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ · will come; לְכ֣וּ׀ · Come; וְנֵלְכָ֖ה · so that we may walkAnd many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 2:5לְכ֥וּ · Come; וְנֵלְכָ֖ה · let us walkCome, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Isaiah 3:16וַתֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙ · walking; הָל֤וֹךְ · prancing; תֵּלַ֔כְנָה · as they goThe LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- Isaiah 6:8יֵֽלֶךְ־ · will goThen I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
- Isaiah 6:9לֵ֥ךְ · GoAnd He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 8:6הַהֹלְכִ֖ים · flowing“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
- Isaiah 8:7וְהָלַ֖ךְ · and overrun…the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- Isaiah 8:11מִלֶּ֛כֶת · not to walkFor this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
- Isaiah 9:2הַהֹלְכִ֣ים · walkingThe people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Isaiah 18:2לְכ֣וּ׀ · Go…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 20:2לֵ֗ךְ · Go; הָלֹ֖ךְ · walking around…the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 20:3הָלַ֛ךְ · has goneThen the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
- Isaiah 21:6לֵ֚ךְ · GoFor this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
- Isaiah 22:15לֶךְ־ · GoThis is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
- Isaiah 26:20לֵ֤ךְ · GoGo, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Isaiah 28:13יֵלְכ֜וּ · they will goThen the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Isaiah 30:2הַהֹלְכִים֙ · They set outThey set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- Isaiah 30:21לְכ֣וּ · WalkAnd whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Isaiah 30:29כַּֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ · like one who walksYou will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- Isaiah 33:15הֹלֵ֣ךְ · He who walksHe who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Isaiah 33:21תֵּ֤לֶךְ · will rowBut there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
- Isaiah 35:8הֹלֵ֥ךְ · those who walkAnd there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
- Isaiah 35:9וְהָלְכ֖וּ · will walk upon itNo lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- Isaiah 37:37וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ · and withdrewSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isaiah 38:3הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי · I have walked…saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 38:5הָל֞וֹךְ · Go“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- Isaiah 38:10אֵלֵ֖כָה · I must goI said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”