Hebrew · H3212 · unreviewed

יָלַךְ

To walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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יָלַךְ H3212

What does יָלַךְ mean in the Bible?

יָלַךְ is a Hebrew word meaning "to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)".

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Meaning

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Extended definition

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) Usage: × again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 400×
Imperfect 1Kgs 8:36 · 2Chr 6:27 · 2Sam 17:17 · Amos 2:7 · Amos 9:4 · Deut 28:41 · Exod 5:7 · Exod 18:20 · Exod 32:1 · Exod 32:23 · Exod 33:14 · Ezek 1:9 · Ezek 1:12 · Ezek 1:17 · Ezek 1:19 · Ezek 1:20 179×
Sequential imperfect 1Chr 17:4 · 1Chr 21:10 · 1Kgs 1:53 · 1Kgs 2:26 · 1Kgs 2:29 · 1Kgs 13:15 · 1Kgs 15:19 · 1Kgs 17:3 · 1Kgs 17:9 · 1Kgs 18:1 · 1Kgs 18:5 · 1Kgs 18:8 · 1Kgs 18:11 · 1Kgs 18:14 · 1Kgs 19:15 · 1Kgs 19:20 178×
Cohortative 1Sam 9:6 · 1Sam 9:10 · 2Kgs 6:2 · 2Sam 13:25 · Deut 13:3 · Deut 13:7 · Deut 13:14 · Exod 3:18 · Exod 5:3 · Exod 5:8 · Exod 5:17 · Gen 22:5 · Gen 37:17 · Zech 8:21 · Zech 8:23 · 2Sam 15:7 21×
Jussive 2Kgs 2:18 · Ezek 20:18 · Jer 25:6 · Jer 35:15 · Josh 2:16 · 1Kgs 22:50 · 2Kgs 2:16 · Hos 14:7 · Judg 7:7 · 2Sam 13:24 · 2Sam 13:26 · Exod 34:9 · Jer 6:25 · Ruth 2:8 · Jer 16:5 · Prov 1:15 16×
Infinitive construct 1Kgs 11:10 · 2Sam 19:25 · Mic 6:8 · Prov 15:21 · Prov 30:29 · Ruth 3:10
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 12×
Imperfect Deut 28:36 · Eccl 10:20 · Jer 32:5 · 2Sam 13:13 · Ezek 32:14
Participle active Isa 63:12 · Job 12:17 · Job 12:19 · Zech 5:10
Sequential imperfect 2Kgs 17:27 · Exod 2:9
Perfect 2Kgs 24:15
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