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Heleph meaning

חלף

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🔼The name Heleph: Summary

Meaning
Change, Exchange
Etymology
From the verb חלף (halap), to traverse, exchange or renew.

🔼The name Heleph in the Bible

The name Heleph occurs only once in the Bible. It belongs to a town on the (what seems) northern border of the territory allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, in the northern tip of Israel (Joshua 19:33).

🔼Etymology of the name Heleph

The name Heleph is identical to the noun חלף (helep), meaning change or exchange:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
חלף

The verb חלף (halap) describes a swift transition: a hurried traversal or change or renewal. Nouns חלף (helep) and חליפה (halipa) mean change or exchange. Noun חלוף (halop) denotes someone or something that passes through or by. Noun מחלף (mahalap) refers to a kind of utensil. Its feminine equivalent, מחלפה (mahalapa), denotes a hair-related item (like a comb?).

🔼Heleph meaning

For a meaning of the name Heleph, NOBSE Study Bible Name List has a hardly defendable Strong. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Exchange. BDB Theological Dictionary does not interpret this name but does submit that it is identical to the noun חלף (helep).