[חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix חֲלִיפָתִי Job 14:14; plural absolute חֲלִיפוֺת Judges 14:19 3t.; construct id. Judges 14:13; 2 Kings 5:5; חֲלִפוֺת Genesis 45:22 2t.; חֲלִפֹת Genesis 45:22; Judges 14:12; —

1 change of raiment שׂמלת ׳ח Genesis 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere בגדים ׳ח Judges 14:12,13; 2 Kings 5:5,22,23; so without בגדים Judges 14:19.

2 relays 1 Kings 5:28; compare וצבא ׳ח Job 10:17 (Di).

3 revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.

4 changing, varying, of course of life אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֺת לָ֑מוֺ Psalm 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily ("" ולא יָ˜רְאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.