cha.li.phah denotes sets of garments in gifts or wagers, and also marks change in Job’s reflections.

The predominant attested use concerns sets of garments given, carried, or owed in exchanges and prizes. Job uses the term for change more abstractly, while its occurrence in the covenant-breaking clause of Psalm 55:20 is not isolated by the translation.

1. Sets of garments in gifts or obligations · dominant

   The plural construct forms occur with garments in transfers: in 2 Kings 5:5 the APB renders a traveler taking silver, gold, and “ten changes of garments,” and in 2 Kings 5:22 the requested silver is accompanied by “two changes of garments.” In Genesis 45:22 and Judges 14:12, the APB likewise presents clothing changes as items given to individuals or promised as the outcome of a riddle.

   2 Kings 5:52 Kings 5:222 Kings 5:23Genesis 45:22Judges 14:12Judges 14:19
2. Change anticipated or experienced · occasional

   Job 14:14 has a singular construct form in the speaker’s statement that he will wait until his “change comes.” Job 10:17 uses a plural absolute form in the clause the APB renders “changes and an army are with me,” presenting change within the speaker’s affliction.

   Job 10:17Job 14:14
3. Unclear contribution in a covenant clause · rare

   Psalm 55:20 contains a plural absolute form in a clause about stretching out hands against allies and breaking a covenant. The APB does not visibly isolate this term’s contribution, so a more specific sense cannot be established from this verse.

   Psalm 55:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the gift and wager passages, the APB commonly renders the clothing-related clause “changes of garments” or “changes of clothing.” It renders the Job clauses with “changes” and “change,” but Psalm 55:20 does not visibly reflect the term in the translation.