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# הֲלַךְ

Biblical Aramaic

**go** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

go [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲלַךְ: vb. go Pa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. go (BH; 𝔗; Syriac only Pa.);— syncop. (so 𝔗 D§ 70, 9, Egyptian Aramaic Cooke 209, Impf. S-C D 22, G 25, 28) go, of men: Impf. 3 ms. וִיהַךְ (K§ 44 a; al. וִיהָךְ) Ezr 6:5, יְהָֽךְ 5:5 of inanimate things, 7:13 people; Inf. לִמְהַךְ (K l.c.; al. ךְ—ָ) v 13. Pt. מְהַלֵּךְ walking about Dn 4:26 (עַל loc.). id.: Pt. pl. מַהְלְכִין 3:25 (בְּגוֹא); fig. 4:34 walk in pride (? read Pa. in these).

### Jastrow 1903

הֲלַךְ: to walk Pa [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to walk. Targ. Ps. CXXVI, 6 (Ms. Pa.). Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXII, 8 הֲלִיכוּ (some ed. הַלִ׳). Contr. יְהָךְ, מְהָךְ, v. הך. same. Targ. O. Gen. V, 22. Targ. I Sam. XXX, 31; a. fr. same. Targ. Ps. CI, 2. Ib. CXVI, 9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] walking (1); walking (1); walking about (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/#tree)

לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

*JPS 1917:* At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

[Daniel 4:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/#tree)

כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר מְשַׁבַּ֨ח וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם וּמְהַדַּר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמַיָּ֔א דִּ֤י כָל־מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ קְשֹׁ֔ט וְאֹרְחָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֑ין וְדִי֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֵוָ֔ה יָכִ֖ל לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* now I Nebuchadnezzar \[am\].praising and.\[am\] lifting.up and.\[am\] glorifying (et).the king of the.heavens that all deeds his \[are\].truth and ways his \[are\].justice and.\[those\] who \[are\].walking in pride \[he.is\].able to bring.low

*JPS 1917:* Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).