הלך

הלך

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *halak-.

Verb

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

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

Verb

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

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

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־ל־ך‎ (h-l-k)

From Proto-Semitic *halak-.

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הָלַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָלֶכֶת‎ action noun: הֲלִיכָה‎ passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הָלַכְתִּי‎		הָלַכְנוּ‎
	second	הָלַכְתָּ‎	הָלַכְתְּ‎	הֲלַכְתֶּם‎1	הֲלַכְתֶּן‎1
	third	הָלַךְ	הָלְכָה‎	הָלְכוּ‎
present		הוֹלֵךְ‎	הוֹלֶכֶת‎	הוֹלְכִים‎	הוֹלְכוֹת‎
future	first	אֵלֵךְ‎		נֵלֵךְ‎
	second	תֵּלֵךְ‎	תֵּלְכִי‎	תֵּלְכוּ‎	תֵּלֵכְנָה‎2
	third	יֵלֵךְ‎	תֵּלֵךְ‎	יֵלְכוּ‎	תֵּלֵכְנָה‎2
imperative		לֵךְ‎	לְכִי‎	לְכוּ‎	לֵכְנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced הָלַכְתֶּם‎ and הָלַכְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל‎ (holékh-régel)
• הָלוֹךְ‎ (halókh), הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב‎ (halókh vashóv), הָלוֹךְ וְחָזוֹר‎ (halókh v'khazór)
• הֲלִיכָה‎ (halikhá)
• הלך לאיבוד / הָלַךְ לְאִבּוּד‎ (halákh l'ibúd)
• הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ‎ (halách l'olamó)
• כּוֹכַב־לֶכֶת‎ (kokháv-lékhet)
• קַח וָלֵךְ‎ (kakh valékh)

References

• H1980 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible