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
- Exodus 7:15לֵ֣ךְ · GoGo to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
- Exodus 8:25לְכ֛וּ · GoThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
- Exodus 8:27נֵלֵ֖ךְ · We must makeWe must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
- Exodus 8:28לָלֶ֑כֶת · goPharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- Exodus 9:23וַתִּ֥הֲלַךְ · struckSo Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 10:8לְכ֥וּ · Go; הַהֹלְכִֽים׃ · will be goingSo Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
- Exodus 10:9נֵלֵ֑ךְ · We will go; נֵלֵ֔ךְ · We will go“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
- Exodus 10:11לְכֽוּ־ · may goNo, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 10:24לְכוּ֙ · Go; יֵלֵ֥ךְ · may goThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
- Exodus 10:26יֵלֵ֣ךְ · must goEven our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
- Exodus 10:28לֵ֣ךְ · Depart“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
- Exodus 12:28וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ · wentAnd the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 12:31וּלְכ֛וּ · GoThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Exodus 12:32וָלֵ֑כוּ · and departTake your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
- Exodus 13:21הֹלֵךְ֩ · went; לָלֶ֖כֶת · so that they could travelAnd the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- Exodus 14:19הַהֹלֵךְ֙ · who had gone; וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ · and wentAnd the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 14:21וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ · drove backThen Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Exodus 14:29הָלְכ֥וּ · had walkedBut the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 15:19הָלְכ֥וּ · walkedFor when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
- Exodus 15:22וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ · they walkedThen Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Exodus 16:4הֲיֵלֵ֥ךְ · they will followThen the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
- Exodus 17:5וְהָלָֽכְתָּ׃ · and goAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
- Exodus 18:20יֵ֣לְכוּ · to liveTeach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
- Exodus 18:27וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ · and [Jethro] returnedThen Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
- Exodus 19:10לֵ֣ךְ · GoThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
- Exodus 19:19הוֹלֵ֖ךְ · grew louderAnd as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- Exodus 19:24לֶךְ־ · GoAnd the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
- Exodus 21:19וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ · and walk around…then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- Exodus 23:23יֵלֵ֣ךְ · will goFor My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
- Exodus 32:1יֵֽלְכוּ֙ · will goNow when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Exodus 32:7לֶךְ־ · Go down at onceThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
- Exodus 32:23יֵלְכ֖וּ · will goThey told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
- Exodus 32:34לֵ֣ךְ׀ · go; יֵלֵ֣ךְ · shall goNow go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
- Exodus 33:1לֵ֣ךְ · LeaveThen the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
- Exodus 33:14יֵלֵ֖כוּ · will go [with you]And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Exodus 33:15הֹלְכִ֔ים · go [with us]“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
- Exodus 33:16בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֣ · You goFor how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
- Exodus 34:9יֵֽלֶךְ־ · go“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
- Leviticus 11:20הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ · that walkAll flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
- Leviticus 11:21הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ · that walkHowever, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
- Leviticus 11:27הוֹלֵ֣ךְ · the four-footed; הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת · that walkAll the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- Leviticus 11:42הוֹלֵ֨ךְ · it crawls; הוֹלֵ֣ךְ · walksDo not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.