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# חֵלֶף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2500

**exchange** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

exchange [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫לֶף: exchange [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] exchange, only cstr., as prep. in return for (so חֲלַף, ܚܠܳܦ, common in Aramaic e.g. Gn 4:23 𝔗 𝔖 for Heb. תַּחַת)—ח׳ עֲבֹדֶתֶם (עֲבֹדַתְכֶם) Nu 18:21, 31 (both P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: in return for (2).

## In the verses

[Numbers 18:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.21/#tree)

וְלִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י הִנֵּ֥ה נָתַ֛תִּי כָּל־מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְנַחֲלָ֑ה חֵ֤לֶף עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם עֹֽבְדִ֔ים אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and to the.descendants of.Levi here! I.give every tithe in Israel for an.inheritance in.return.for service their which they \[are\].serving (et) the.service of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

[Numbers 18:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.31/#tree)

וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּכָל־מָק֔וֹם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.eat it in any place you and household your (dm) \[is\].wage\[s\] it for you in.return.for service your in the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And ye may eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2500.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2500/): 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).