חָלָל
châlâl · H2491 · Hebrew · 94 occurrences
Meanings
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slain, mortally wounded
State in which humans or animal are fatally wounded with a sharp object
ExamplesGenesis 34:27 Jacob’s sons came upon those killed and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Deuteronomy 21:1 “If a person who has been killed by someone is found lying in the open country in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who struck him,
Deuteronomy 21:2 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the one who was killed.
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wounded
Process by which humans are emotionally wounded
ExamplesPsalm 69:26 For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Proverbs 7:26 For many are the victims she has brought to ruin, And numerous are all those slaughtered by her.
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dishonored, disgraced
State in which humans are in a state of dishonor or disgrace; because of one's own or somebody else's actions
ExamplesLeviticus 21:7 ‘They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:14 ‘A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,
Ezekiel 21:29 while they see false visions for you, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are killed, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end.
How it’s used In 10 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
36 occurrences in 15 groups
- חֶרֶבsword 16
- הֶםtheir 4
- כֶםyour 3
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
14 occurrences in 10 groups
- רַבmany, great 4
- שָׁלוֹשׁthree 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
Named alongside itApposition
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- נָפַלto fall 2
- עָרֵלuncircumcised person 2
- הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- שָׁכַבto lie 1
- אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1
What it doesIt is the subject
21 occurrences in 6 groups
- נָפַלto fall 13
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- אָנַקto sigh 2
- מָצָאto find 1
- רָבַבto increase 1
- שָׁלַךְto cast, to throw 1
What is done to itIt is the object
10 occurrences in 6 groups
- נָכָהto strike, to strike down 2
- נָפַלto fall 2
- פָּשַׁטto strip off, to raid 2
- רָבָהto increase 2
- בָּכָהto cry 1
- קָבַרto bury 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָלָלslain, wounded 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- הֶםtheir 3
- הֵםthey, them 1
- חָלָלslain, wounded 1
- יְהוֹנָתָןJonathan 1
- צְבִיbeauty 1
- אַתָּהyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
24 occurrences in 7 groups
- אֵתwith 12
- עַלon, upon, over, against 11
- אֵלto, toward 7
- בin/on/with 5
- כlike/as 4
- מִןfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
15 occurrences in 10 groups
- דָּםblood 3
- תָּוֶךְmiddle 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- νεκρός nekrós · G3498 · lifeless, dead, the dead
- Greek νεκρός (dead) represents the resultant state after the action denoted by Hebrew חָלָל (kill, slain); the Hebrew term emphasizes the violent act or its immediate victim, while the Greek term denotes the condition of being dead.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Impact002001001024
- The noun's most common sense names one struck down and slain in violence, as Jacob's sons find the men of Shechem among the "killed" after Simeon and Levi's attack (Genesis 34:27).
- Shame002001002025
- In a distinct sense the word describes a woman defiled and disgraced through prostitution, a woman who is "profaned" and therefore barred from marrying a priest (Leviticus 21:7, 21:14).
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2491. chalal I. חָלָל90 noun masculine pierced, ׳ח absolute Deu 21:1 25t.; construct…
I. חָלָל90 noun masculine pierced, ׳ח absolute Deu 21:1 25t.; construct חֲלַל Num 19:16; plural חֲלָלִים Num 23:24 Num 23:28t.; construct חַלְלֵי Isa 22:2 Isa 22:21t.; suffix חֲלָלֶיךָ Psa 69:27, etc. + 11 t. suffixes; —
1 pierced, fatally wounded Psa 69:27; Jer 51:52; Eze 26:15; Eze 30:24; Lam 2:12. Elsewhere
2 slain Num 19:18; Num 31:8, Num 31:19 (P), etc.; singular collective 2Sa 23:8, 2Sa 23:18 = 1Ch 11:11, 1Ch 11:20; Eze 6:7; Eze 30:11, etc., but usually plural 1Sa 17:52 (RV wounded) Jer 51:49, etc.; חֶרֶב חַלְלֵי Isa 22:2; Jer 14:18; Eze 31:17-18, Eze 32:20-21, Eze 32:25, Eze 32:28, Eze 32:29, Eze 32:30, Eze 32:31, Eze 32:32; Zep 2:12; Lam 4:9; רעב חַלְלֵי Lam 4:9; יהוה חַלְלֵי Isa 66:16; Jer 25:33.
II. חָלָל adjective profaned; — רָשָׁע חָלָל (read construct חֲלַל SS) profaned, dishonoured wicked one Eze 21:30 (so AV Thes MV SS Co Or; but RV H" deadly wounded, Ew Sm fallen, slain); plural construct רְשָׁעִים חַלְלֵי Ezekiel 21:34; feminine singular חֲלָלָה of woman sexually dishonoured Lev 21:7, Lev 21:14 (H; || זָנָה).
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
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