חלד

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ד (kh-l-d)
7 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic خلد (“to be eternal”) and Ge'ez ኀለደ (ḫälädä, “to last a longtime”).

Noun

חֶלֶד • (khéled) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form חָלֶד) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (This) world, (This) life.
    • Psalms 49:1:
      כל ישבי חָלֶד
      All ye inhabitants of the world:[1]
  2. an age, a duration; a lifetime

Noun

חֹלֶד • (khóled) m

  1. defective spelling of חולד

References

  • Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN
  • Notes:
  1. ^ The King James Bible: The Oxford Standard Text (1769).
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