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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic خلد (“to be eternal”) and Ge'ez ኀለደ (ḫälädä, “to last a longtime”).
Noun
חֶלֶד • (khéled) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form חָלֶד)
- (This) world, (This) life.
- Psalms 49:1:
- כל ישבי חָלֶד
- All ye inhabitants of the world:[1]
- an age, a duration; a lifetime
Noun
חֹלֶד • (khóled) m
- defective spelling of חולד
References
- Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN
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