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# חָלַט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2480

**and they snatched it from him** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

and they snatched it from him [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָלַט: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only וַיַּחְלְטוּ הֲמִמֶּנּוּ 1 K 20:33, read prob. וַיַּחְלְטוּהָ מִמֶּנּוּ (cf. 𝔊 ἀνέλεξαν τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ and StaG i. 445f.) and they snatched it from him, caught the word from his lips; Sta§ 529a as ; Köi. 251 Ges§ 53. 3 R 4 and most as , with—ִ om.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they caught (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 20:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.33/#tree)

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ וַֽיְמַהֲר֜וּ וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ הֲמִמֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אָחִ֣יךָ בֶנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַיֹּ֖אמֶר בֹּ֣אוּ קָחֻ֑הוּ וַיֵּצֵ֤א אֵלָיו֙ בֶּנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶּנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַמֶּרְכָּבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the men they.observed.the.signs and they.hastened and they.caught ? from him and they.said brother \[is\].your Ben Hadad and he.said go fetch him and he.came.out to him Ben Hadad and he brought.him.up on the chariot

*JPS 1917:* Now the men took it for a sign, and hastened to catch it from him; and they said: 'Thy brother Ben-hadad.' Then he said: 'Go ye, bring him.' Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into his chariot.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2480.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2480/): 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).