Brown-Driver-Briggs
[
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 יָרְאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.
