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ḥwlp (ḥŭlāp̄) prep. for, in exchange for
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in place of, instead of
OA, OAEast, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA
QumNJ 11::4:3↗ עללין חלפהון ארבע מא[ה‏ : four hundred enter in place of them ; 4Q534.2.17↗ חלף קלל̇ה̇‏ ; TgO Gen4:25↗ בַר אָחָרָן חֲלָף הַבַל‏ : another son in place of Abel ; FTP Gen29:22↗ ואסיבו לאה חולף רחל‏ : they married to him Leah in place of Rachel ; P Gn22:13↗ ܘܐܣܩܗ ܠܥܠܬܐ ܚܠܦ ܒܪܗ‏ ; P Lk9:50↗ ܡܲܢ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܘ݂ܩܒ݂ܲܠܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ܂ ܚܠܵܦ݂ܲܝܟ݁ܘ݂ܢ ܗܼܘ݂‏ : for whoever is not against you is your successor ; BT Šab 129a(38)↗ נפשא חלף נפשא ٠٠٠ סומקא חלף סומקא‏ : life for life, redness for redness [i.e. red wine to replace blood which has been let] ; PJ Gen4:25↗ text not cited
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in exchange for
OfAEg, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TAD B2.4 R.10↗ המו שליטן בה חלף עבידתא זי אנת עבדת‏ : they have been empowered to deal with it in exchange for the work that you did ; TAD B2.7 R.4↗ חלף נכסיה זי יהבת לי‏ : in return for the property you gave me ; TgJ 1K21:6↗ אוֹ אִם רָעֵי אַת אַתֵין לָך כַרמָא חֲלוֹפוֹהִי‏ : or if you wish I will give you the vineyard for it ; GT A Exod21:36↗ י̊ש̊ל̊ם̊ ת̊ו̊ר̊ חולף תור̊‏ ; SamTgJ Num18:21↗ חלף תשמישון‏ : in exchange for their service ; PJ Deut19:21↗ נפשא חלופי נפשא דמי עינא חולף עינא דמי שינא חולף שינא‏ : life for life (but!) the cost of an eye for an eye, the cost of a tooth for a tooth
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as replacement for
OAEast, PTA, Syr
NTA.1:12↗ ḥlpẏḣṁ | yhˁl : he must provide their replacement ; TN Gen4:25↗ בר חורן חלף הבל‏ : another son as a replacement for Abel ; GregOr 41 85.14.30↗ ܡܗ݀ܦܟ ܘܥܒ݁ܕ ܦܘ̈ܠܘ ܚܠܦ ܫܐ̈ܘܠܘ‏ : he turns round and make Pauls in place of Sauls
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as successor to a ruler
OA, OfAEg, Syr
Sf.3 a22↗ qtlw mrˀkm whwy ḥlph : kill your lord and be his successor ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .5↗ והוה מלך באתור חל[ף שנחאריב ]א̇בוהי‏ : he became king in Assyria in place of Sennacherib his father
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ܗܘ ܚܠܦ ܡܫܝܚܐ : the Antichrist
Syr
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because of, on behalf of
Syr
TB 3:60.10↗ ܒܙܒܢܗ ܕܡܘܫܐ ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗ ܚܪ ܕܒܠܚܘܕ ܚܠܦ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܝܠܦܝܢ ܬܗܘܐ‏ : in Moses' time He viewed His administration to be solely on behalf of those who were learning ; JS_Elijah 4:67↗ ܠܽܘܩܒܲܠ ܚܲܢܦܸ̈ܐ ܚܠܵܦ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܸܬܟܲܬܲܫ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ‏ : he was struggling against the pagans on God’s behalf
(1)
concerning
OfAEast, Syr
ADAB B.4:R:2↗ wkˁt ˀgrtˀ zy šlḥt ˁly ḥlp ḥmrˀ : now then the letter that you sent concerning donkey ; Ps-Clem Hom 13.316:11↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܡܕܡ ܡܠܬܐ ܚܠܦ ܢܦܫܗ݀ ܢܦܩܬܗ݀܂ ܗ݂ܝ ܕܐܘܕܥܬܢܝ ܥܠ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ݀‏ : because of a certain statement she expressed concerning herself, that which she told me about her belief
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for the sake of
Syr
IVMac9:18↗ ܒܬܟܬܘܫܐ ܕܚܠܦ ܡܝܬܪܘܬܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܠܐ ܡܙܕ̈ܟܝܢܐ‏ : in the battle for the sake of virtue they are invincible
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conjunctional
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in return for ...
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen22:16↗ חֲלָף דַעֲבַדתָא יָת פִתגָמָא הָדֵין‏ : in return for you having done this thing ; TN Num25:13↗ חלף דקני לשמה דאלה<<י>>ה‏ : because he was zealous for the name of of his God ; TgPs109:5var.↗ ושנאתא חלף דרחימית‏ : hatred in return for I having loved
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because, since, on account of
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Amos4:12↗ חֲלָף דְלָא תַבת לְאוֹרָיתָא‏ : because you did not return to the Torah ; CPA Luke1:20↗ ܚܘܠܦ ܕܠܐ ܗܝܡܢܬ ܠܡ̈ܠܐܝ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : because you have not believed these words of mine ; SugMgab 2:26↗ ܘܲܚܠܵܦ ܕܸܐܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܓܠܝ݂ܬ ܠܵܗ݀‏ : because I did not reveal it to her ; JSBhom 18:284↗ ܚܠܵܦ ܕܸܐܬ݂ܟܲܡܪܲܬ̤ ܫܵܛܲܬ̤ ܪܸܓܙܲܬ̤ ܒܲܪ̄ܬ݂ ܥܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܸ̈ܐ‏ ; TgIIChron 1:11↗ חלף דהות דא מחשבתא עם לבבך‏ : inasmuch as this thought was in your mind
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instead of
Syr
JoshStyl 16.16↗ ܚܠܦ ܕܘ݁ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܕܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܫܝܢܐ ܘܕܫܠܡܐ ‍[‍ܢܡ݁ܠܠ‍]‍ ܘܢܚ݂ܕܐ ܥܡܗ‏ : instead of that which would have been appropriate for him: to speak words of peace and to rejoice with him
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חולף ארום : is it really true that ...?
PTA
GT B Gen3:1↗ חְלַף אֲרוּם אֲמַר מֶאמְרֵהּ דַּאדנָי לָא תֵאכְלוּן מֶן כֹּל אֵילָנֵי גַנְתַא‏ : [MT אַף כִּי, clearly understood this way in the other targumim (Onq, PsJon בְקוּשׁטָא) or simply ignored (TN just ארום)]
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as regards that
LJLA
TgRuth4:1↗ והא פריקא חלף דמליל בעז לרות‏ : here was the redeemer regarding whom Boaz spoke to Ruth
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JLAtg חְַלָף , but חְַלֹוף with both sg. and pl. type suffixes
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Note that LS2 distinguishes between the very common spelling ḥlp and the rare ḥwlp (p. 426[235]), the latter treated by the Payne-Smith tradition as a) CPA [PSm 1292] or as b) a variant spelling of the former without the long second vowel (metri causa). Note, too, that Sok/LS2 mistakenly lists the Jewish Aramaic parallels only on page 426 rather than on page 459.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 459[235]DJPA: 191aDJBA: 466aJastrow: 472J. Payne-Smith: 132Levy Ch-W: 1:262Tal Sam: 274DCPA[Schulthess]: 122[64]Qumran: 86

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