הלך לעולמו

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

From הָלַךְ (halách, “went”) + לְ־ (l'-, “to”) + עוֹלָמוֹ (olamó, “his world”); hence literally “went to his world”.

Verb edit

הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ • (halách l'olamó) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

(He/it) died, passed away.

Conjugation edit

See conjugation at הָלַךְ (halách, “went”). The second word, לְעוֹלָמוֹ, ends with a suffix that varies according to the person spoken of. Thus, for example, הָלְכָה לְעוֹלָמָהּ (hal'cha l'olamáh, “(she/it) died”).