החליף

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ל־ף (kh-l-p)

Verb

הֶחְלִיף • (hekhlíf) (hif'il construction)

1. to swap, exchange, change; to replace one thing with another
   • Tanach, Genesis 31:7:

     וַאֲבִיכֶן הֵתֶל בִּי וְהֶחֱלִף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים

     waʾăḇîḵen hēṯel bî wəheḥĕlip̄ ʾeṯ-maśkurtî ʿăśéreṯ mōnîm

     And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times.

   • Tanach, Genesis 35:2:

     […] וְהִטַּהֲרוּ וְהַחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם׃

     […] wəhiṭṭahărû wəhaḥălî́p̄û śimlōṯêḵem

     […] and be clean, and change your garments.

2. (of a plant) to grow new branches
   • Tanach, Job 14:7:

     כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִם־יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל׃

     kî yēš lāʿēṣ tiqwâ ʾim-yikkārēṯ wəʿôḏ yaḥălîp̄ wəyōnaqtô lōʾ ṯeḥdāl

     For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

3. (modern) to change one's mind
4. Used figuratively.

   לֹא הֶחְלַפְתִּי אִתָּהּ מִלָּה.

   ló hekhláfti itá milá.

   I didn't exchange a single word with her.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הֶחְלִיף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַחְלִיף action noun: הַחְלָפָה
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הֶחְלַפְתִּי		הֶחְלַפְנוּ
	second	הֶחְלַפְתָּ	הֶחְלַפְתְּ	הֶחְלַפְתֶּם	הֶחְלַפְתֶּן
	third	הֶחְלִיף	הֶחְלִיפָה	הֶחְלִיפוּ
present		מַחְלִיף	מַחְלִיפָה	מַחְלִיפִים	מַחְלִיפוֹת
future	first	אַחְלִיף		נַחְלִיף
	second	תַּחְלִיף	תַּחְלִיפִי	תַּחְלִיפוּ	תַּחְלֵפְנָה1
	third	יַחְלִיף	תַּחְלִיף	יַחְלִיפוּ	תַּחְלֵפְנָה1
imperative		הַחְלֵף	הַחְלִיפִי	הַחְלִיפוּ	הַחְלֵפְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• “חלף, הֶחֱלִיף” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 399.
• “החליף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language