הלך

From Proto-Semitic *halak-.

הֲלֵךְ • (hălēḵ) (future יְהָךְ (yəhāḵ))

1. to go, proceed
2. to behave, act

הַלֵּךְ • (hallēḵ) (future יְהַלֵּךְ (yəhallēḵ))

1. to walk
2. to live in a certain manner, behave

From Proto-Semitic *halak-.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /haːˈlak/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hɔːˈlaχ/ [hɔːˈlaːχ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hɔˈlaχ/ [hɔːˈlæːχ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈlaχ/

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הָלַךְ • (halákh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָלֶכֶת, present הוֹלֵךְ, future יֵלֵךְ, imperative לֵךְ)

1. to walk, go, especially on foot

   הָלַכְתִּי לַחֲנוּת לִקְנוֹת כַּמָּה סְפָרִים חֲדָשִׁים.

   halákhti lakhanút liknót káma s'farím khadashím.

   I went to the store to buy a few new books.

2. to happen, go on

   מָה הוֹלֵךְ כָּאן?

   ma holékh kán?

   What is going on here?

3. to go away, depart
4. (colloquial) gone, wasted, damaged in an irreparable manner

   הָלַךְ לִי הָאוֹטוֹ.

   halákh li ha'oto.

   My car is done for.

5. (auxiliary) going to (used in forming the near future)

   אני הולך לישון.

   I am going to sleep.

• H1980 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “הָלַךְ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 152b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 353a
• “הלך” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language