חֲלַף
chalaf · pass over
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H2499 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chalaf (חֲלַף) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “pass over”.
To pass over (of time) (Aramaic): "seven times will pass over him".
How to say it
cha·laf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To pass over, of time (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Daniel 4:16
Let his heart be changed from that of man, and let the heart of an animal be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
- Daniel 4:23
And as for what the king saw, a watcher and a holy one coming down from the heavens and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and with a band of iron and bronze, in the grass of the field; and with the dew of the heavens let him be drenched, and with the animals of the field be his portion, until seven times pass over him’:
- Daniel 4:25
that you will be driven away from men, and with the animals of the field your dwelling will be, and grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens you will be drenched, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.
- Daniel 4:32
and from men you are being driven away, and with the animals of the field will be your dwelling; grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.”