החליף

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ח־ל־ף (ḥ-l-p)

Verb

הֶחְלִיף • (hekhlíf) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction)

  1. to swap, exchange, change; to replace one thing with another
    • Tanach, Genesis 31:7:
      וַאֲבִיכֶן הֵתֶל בִּי וְהֶחֱלִף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים
      waʾăḇîḵen hēṯel bî wəheḥĕlip̄ ʾeṯ-maśkurtî ʿăśéreṯ mōnîm
      And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times.
    • Tanach, Genesis 35:2:
      […] וְהִטַּהֲרוּ וְהַחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם׃
      […] wəhiṭṭahărû wəhaḥălî́p̄û śimlōṯêḵem
      […] and be clean, and change your garments.
  2. (of a plant) to grow new branches
    • Tanach, Job 14:7:
      כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִם־יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל׃
      kî yēš lāʿēṣ tiqwâ ʾim-yikkārēṯ wəʿôḏ yaḥălîp̄ wəyōnaqtô lōʾ ṯeḥdāl
      For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
  3. (modern) to change one's mind
  4. Used figuratively.
    לֹא הֶחְלַפְתִּי אִתָּהּ מִלָּה.
    ló hekhláfti itá milá.
    I didn't exchange a single word with her.

Conjugation
Conjugation of הֶחְלִיף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לְהַחְלִיף
  • action noun: הַחְלָפָה
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first הֶחְלַפְתִּיהֶחְלַפְנוּ
second הֶחְלַפְתָּהֶחְלַפְתְּהֶחְלַפְתֶּםהֶחְלַפְתֶּן
third הֶחְלִיףהֶחְלִיפָההֶחְלִיפוּ
present מַחְלִיףמַחְלִיפָהמַחְלִיפִיםמַחְלִיפוֹת
future first אַחְלִיףנַחְלִיף
second תַּחְלִיףתַּחְלִיפִיתַּחְלִיפוּתַּחְלֵפְנָה1
third יַחְלִיףתַּחְלִיףיַחְלִיפוּתַּחְלֵפְנָה1
imperative הַחְלֵףהַחְלִיפִיהַחְלִיפוּהַחְלֵפְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
  • “חלף, הֶחֱלִיף” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 399.
  • “החליף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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