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חָלוּץchalutz meaning in Biblical Hebrew

armed vanguard soldier · noun (Qal passive participle used as a noun)

Also spelled in English: halutz, haluts

Illustration for the Biblical Hebrew word chalutz

Before the ark, and before the priests with their shofars, the armed men walk out first toward the walls of Jericho. Hebrew calls each of them a chalutz.

וְהֶחָלוּץ יַעֲבֹר לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה

“And the armed vanguard shall pass before the ark of the LORD. (Joshua 6:7)”

Who was the chalutz in your family, the one who went ahead first?

People and roles in the Hebrew Bible

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Related Biblical Hebrew words

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