STRONGS NUMBER H2502


Word Summary
chalats: to draw off or out, withdraw
Original Word: חָלַץ
Transliteration: chalats
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to draw off or out, withdraw
Meaning: to pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen
Strong's Concordance
arm self, go, ready armed man, soldier, deliver, draw out, make fat, loose,

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2502. chalats

I. חָלַץverb draw off or out, withdraw, (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלַץ‎; despoil, usually Pa`el etc.; Phoenician proper name חלצבעלBaal has rescued, and חלץ‎ alone; Arabic withdraw, retire) —

Qal Perfect Hosea 5:6; וְחָֽלְצָה‎ consecutive Deuteronomy 25:9; חָֽלְצוּLamentations 4:3; Imperfect2masculine singular תַּחֲלֹץ‎; Passive participle construct חֲלוּץDeuteronomy 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 בֵּיתDeuteronomy 25:10; draw out, present the breast, of animal giving suck Lamentations 4:3.

2 intransitive withdraw (himself) followed by מִןHosea 5:6.

Niph`al Perfect be delivered נֶחֱלָ֑ץProverbs 11:8 (followed by מִן‎); Imperfect יֵחָלֵ֑צוּ11:9; יֵחָֽלְצוּןPsalm 60:7 = 108:7 (Ges§ 51. 2. R. 2).

Pi`el Perfect חִלֵּץLeviticus 14:43 etc.; Imperfect יְחַלֵּץJob 36:15; וָאֲחַלְּצָהPsalm 7:5 (but on text see below near the end); suffix אֲחַלָּצְךָ50:15; אֲחַלְּצֶ֫ךָּ81:8, etc.; Imperative חַלְּצָה6:5; חַלְּצֵנִי119:153; 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 נפשׁיPsalm 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; וָאֲחַלְּצָהPsalm 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 חָלוּץNumbers 32:21 7t., construct חֲלוּץ32:27; plural חֲלוּצִים32:30 2t., construct חֲלוּצֵי1 Chronicles 12:34 3t.; חֲלֻצֵיIsaiah 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 ׳הֶחJoshua 6:7, 9, 13 (JE); צָבָא חֲלוּץNumbers 32:27 men equipped for war (JE), so ׳ח הַמִּלְחָמָה32:29 (P); ׳הֶחָ לַצָּבָא1 Chronicles 12:24 (23 van d. H); plural צָבָא חֲלוּצֵיNumbers 31:5 (P) 1 Chronicles 12:25 (24, van d. H) 2 Chronicles 17:18; ׳ח ׳הַצּJoshua 4:13 (P); note מוֺאָב חֲלֻצֵיIsaiah 15:4 warriors (equipped ones, Che men-at-arms) of Moab.

Niph`al Imperfect2masculine plural תֵּחָֽלְצוּNumbers 32:20, 1plural נֵחָלֵץ32:17; Imperative הֵחָֽלְצוּ31:3; be, or go equipped, followed by לִפְנֵי32:17, 20 (both J E; see Qal Participle 32:21); followed by לַצָּבָא31:3 (P; Niph`al Imperative here surprising with מֵאִתְּכֶם‎, see Di).

Hiph`il Imperfect) יַחֲלִיץ עַצְמֹתֶיךָָIsaiah 58:11 he (׳י‎) will brace up, in-vigorate, thy bones (MV De Di; Hup Che critical note Du and others read יִחֲלִיףrenew, rejuvenate).