A primitive root; to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) To depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen -- arm (self), (go, ready) armed (X man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
H2502. chalats
I. חָלַץ verb draw off or out, withdraw, (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ; despoil, usually Pa`el etc.; Phoenician proper name חלצבעל Baal has rescued, and חלץ alone; Arabic withdraw, retire) —
Qal Perfect Hosea 5:6; וְחָֽלְצָה consecutive Deuteronomy 25:9; חָֽלְצוּ Lamentations 4:3; Imperfect2masculine singular תַּחֲלֹץ; Passive participle construct חֲלוּץ Deuteronomy 25:10; —
1 draw, draw off, with accusative of sandal Deuteronomy 25:9; Isaiah 20:2 (both followed by רֶגֶל with מִן), compare הַנָּ֑עַל חֲלוּץ בֵּית Deuteronomy 25:10; draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck Lamentations 4:3.
2 intransitive withdraw (himself) followed by מִן Hosea 5:6.
Niph`al Perfect be delivered נֶחֱלָ֑ץ Proverbs 11:8 (followed by מִן); Imperfect יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ 11:9; יֵחָֽלְצוּן Psalm 60:7 = 108:7 (Ges§ 51. 2. R. 2).
Pi`el Perfect חִלֵּץ Leviticus 14:43 etc.; Imperfect יְחַלֵּץ Job 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה Psalm 7:5 (but on text see below near the end); suffix אֲחַלָּצְךָ 50:15; אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ 81:8, etc.; Imperative חַלְּצָה 6:5; חַלְּצֵנִי 119:153; 140:2; —
1 pull out, tear out Leviticus 14:40, 43 (P; stones from infested house).
2 rescue, deliver, with object person, but only in poetry; — followed by נפשׁי Psalm 6:5; 116:8 (מִמָּ֫וֶת); compare 140:2 (followed by מִן); absolute with accusative 18:20 = 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalm 34:8; 50:15; 81:8; 91:15; 119:153; Job 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָה Psalm 7:5; followed by accusative, but I delivered AV Hup Ri, compare Ew; and spoiled, despoiled Ges Hi De Bae (but this only in Aramaic); < and oppressed (read וָאֶלְחְצָה) Krochm Dy Gr Che; ("" רַע גָּמַלְתִּי).
II. [חָלַץ] verb equip for war (primary idea of strength, vigour, see Hiph`il, noun חֲלָצַיִם, and Assyrian —alƒu, fortification (SchrCOT Gloss AsrbAnnals ii. 52), compare —ilƒu, belt, ZehnpfBAS i. 499; Aramaic accinctus ad opus, strenuus, fortitudo, strenuitas, Greek ὰνδρεία, > Thes Rob Ges SS who regard as = I. חלץ in sense strip for battle, expeditus) —
Qal only Passive participle חָלוּץ Numbers 32:21 7t., construct חֲלוּץ 32:27; plural חֲלוּצִים 32:30 2t., construct חֲלוּצֵי 1 Chronicles 12:34 3t.; חֲלֻצֵי Isaiah 15:4; — equipped:
1 as adjective Numbers 32:30, 32; Deuteronomy 3:18.
2 as substantive singular collective Numbers 32:21 (J E; see Niph`al 32:20) 2 Chronicles 20:21; 28:14, with article ׳הֶח Joshua 6:7, 9, 13 (JE); צָבָא חֲלוּץ Numbers 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ׳ח הַמִּלְחָמָה 32:29 (P); ׳הֶחָ לַצָּבָא 1 Chronicles 12:24 (23 van d. H); plural צָבָא חֲלוּצֵי Numbers 31:5 (P) 1 Chronicles 12:25 (24, van d. H) 2 Chronicles 17:18; ׳ח ׳הַצּ Joshua 4:13 (P); note מוֺאָב חֲלֻצֵי Isaiah 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab.
Niph`al Imperfect2masculine plural תֵּחָֽלְצוּ Numbers 32:20, 1plural נֵחָלֵץ 32:17; Imperative הֵחָֽלְצוּ 31:3; be, or go equipped, followed by לִפְנֵי 32:17, 20 (both J E; see Qal Participle 32:21); followed by לַצָּבָא 31:3 (P; Niph`al Imperative here surprising with מֵאִתְּכֶם, see Di).
Hiph`il Imperfect) יַחֲלִיץ עַצְמֹתֶיךָָ Isaiah 58:11 he (׳י) will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che critical note Du and others read יִחֲלִיף renew, rejuvenate).