1. change of garments — A set or change of clothing, typically given as a gift or sign of honor. Joseph gave his brothers changes of garments, with Benjamin receiving five (Gen 45:22). Samson wagered thirty changes of garments on his riddle (Judg 14:12-13, 19). Naaman brought changes of garments as gifts for Elisha, and Gehazi deceitfully obtained some (2 Kgs 5:5, 22-23). The idiom 'changes of garments' (chalifot begadim) is a fixed collocation referring to complete outfits of clothing. 8×
AR["الْحُلَلَ-الـ","حُلَلًا-مِنْ","حُلَلَ","حُلَلِ"]·ben["জোড়া","পরিবর্তন","পরিবর্তনের","সেই-পরিবর্তনের"]·DE["Wechselkleider","changes-von","der-changes"]·EN["changes-of","the-changes"]·FR["changes-de","le-changes"]·heb["ה-חליפות","חליפות","חלפות","חלפת"]·HI["जोड़े"]·ID["ganti","pakaian-ganti","pasang"]·IT["cambiamenti-di","changes-di","il-changes"]·jav["gantos-gantosan","sandhangan-gantos","stel"]·KO["갈아입을 옷들","갈아입을-옷들을","갈아입을-옷들의","그-갈아입을 옷들","볌"]·PT["as-mudas","mudas-de"]·RU["перемен","перемены"]·ES["las-mudas","mudas-de"]·SW["kila","mavazi","mavazi-ya","seti-za","ya-fedha"]·TR["takim","takım","takımları"]·urd["جوڑے"]
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2. relief, change, shift — A change, alternation, relief, or shift in a more general sense. Used of the rotation of labor gangs Solomon sent to Lebanon in shifts (1 Kgs 5:14), of the changes and warfare that God sends upon the wicked (Job 10:17), of the moral changelessness of evildoers who have no changes and do not fear God (Ps 55:19), and of Job's longing for relief or release from his suffering ('until my relief comes,' Job 14:14). Encompasses the ideas of rotation, alternation, and respite from hardship. 4×
AR["تَبْدِيلِي","تَغَيُّراتٌ","تَغَيُّرٌ","تَنَاوُبًا"]·ben["-মধ্যে-মাসের","আমার-মুক্তি","পরিবর্তন","পরিবর্তনগুলি"]·DE["[חליפות]","[חליפתי]","change","in-shifts"]·EN["change","changes","in-shifts","relief-my"]·FR["changement","dans-shifts","mon-חליפתי-moi","חליפות"]·heb["חליפות","חליפתי"]·HI["परिवर्तन","बारी-बारी","मेरी-छुट्टी"]·ID["bergiliran","penggantiankku","pergantian"]·IT["[חליפות]","changes","in-shifts","relief-my-mio"]·jav["gantosan","giliran","kanthi-kathah","panggantos-kawula"]·KO["교대들-과","교대로","나의-교대가","변화-들-이"]·PT["minha-mudança","mudanças","por-turnos","têm-mudanças"]·RU["перемен","смена-моя","сменами","смены"]·ES["cambios","mi-relevo","por-turnos","relevos"]·SW["kubadilishwa-kwangu","mabadiliko","vikundi"]·TR["değişiklikler","değişimimin","değişimler","sırayla"]·urd["باریاں","تبدیلیاں","تَبدیلیاں","میری-تبدیلی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [חֲלִיפָה] n.f. a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, cf. Arabic, Aramaic)—sf. חֲלִיפָתִי Jb 14:14; pl. abs. חֲלִיפוֹת Ju 14:19 + 3 times; cstr. id. Ju 14:13 2 K 5:5; חֲלִפוֹת Gn 45:22 + 2 times; חֲלִפֹת Gn 45:22 Ju 14:12;— 1. change of raiment ח׳ שׂמלת Gn 45:22(×2), elsewhere ח׳ בגדים Ju 14:12, 13 2 K 5:5, 22, 23; so without בגדים Ju 14:19. 2. relays 1 K 5:28; cf. ח׳ וצבא…