A primitive root; to snatch at -- catch.
H2480. chalat
[חָלַט] verb only מִמֶּנּוּ הֲ וַיַּחְלְטוּ 1 Kings 20:33, read probably מִמֶּנּוּ וַיַּחְלְטוּהָ (compare ᵐ5 ἀνέλεξαν τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος ἀτοῦ and StaG i. 445f.) and they snatched it from him, caught the word from his lips; Sta§ 529 a as
Qal; Köi. 251 Ges§ 53. 3 R 4 and most as
Hiph`il, with ִ omitted
חלך (√ of following; possibly (si vera lectio) compare Arabic be black (passing into figurative sense, unfortunate, in Hebrew), see BaePsalm 10:8; compare Aramaic חֲשׁוֺח).