חֲלִי
chălîy · H2481 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
- Jewelry, ornamentsPersonal34 verses
Meanings
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ornament, jewel
Object made by an artist; made out of a precious metal, with or without precious stones; worn for personal adornment; regarded as valuable and beautiful
ExamplesProverbs 25:12 Like an earring of gold and a jewelry piece of fine gold, Is a wise person who offers rebukes to a listening ear.
Song of Solomon 7:1 “How beautiful are your feet in sandals, Prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֶּתֶםgold 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חַמּוּקcurve 1
- יָכַחto rebuke, to reprove 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כְּמוֹas, like 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- נְקֻדָּה nᵉquddâh · H5351 · bead, spangle
- Both lexemes denote specific types of ornamental/decorative objects (jewel/ornament vs. stud) that could plausibly substitute for one another in describing adornment contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Jewellery001003001001011
- The noun names a jewel or ornament, as the beauty the LORD bestows on Jerusalem is likened to jewelry perfecting her splendor (Ezekiel 16:7, 16:11).
- Names of Locations003001010
- This code is inherited from the domain listing shared with this word's homograph, the place name Hali (חֲלִי (Chălîy, H2482)); the "jewel" sense attested here does not itself name a location.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2481. chali I. חֲלִי noun masculine ornament, וַחֲלִיכָּֿ֑תֶם זָחָב נֶזֶם Pro 25:12 a…
I. חֲלִי noun masculine ornament, וַחֲלִיכָּֿ֑תֶם זָחָב נֶזֶם Pro 25:12 a (nose-or-ear-) ring of gold and (neck-or breast-) ornament of fine gold; plural חֲלָאִים Cant 7:2, in simile of grace and beauty.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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