Word

הֵילֵל

hêylêl · H1966 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. morning star

    A bright star that is described as the son of the dawn, probably because it is especially visible in the early morning

    Examples

    Isaiah 14:12 “How you have fallen from heaven, You star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who defeated the nations!

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Celestial Bodies001002001
הֵילֵל names the morning star or shining one, addressed in Isaiah's taunt against the fallen king of Babylon under the image of a bright celestial body cast down from heaven.
Word family 7 words
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1966. helel הֵילֵל Isa 14:12 see below הלל. הִים see הוּם. הֵילֵל noun masculine…
H1966. helel
הֵילֵל Isa 14:12 see below הלל.
הִים see הוּם.
הֵילֵל noun masculine appellative shining one, epithet of king of Babylon, ה מִשָּׁמַיִם נָפַלְתָּ ׳אֵיךְ בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר Isa 14:12 how art thou fallen, shinning one, son of dawn ! i.e. star of the morning. (compare Assyrian muštilil, epithet of (Venus a) morning-star III R Isaiah 57:60 OppJAS 1871, 448 SchrSK 1874, 337 COTad. loc.)

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

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