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הֵיכָל noun masculineNah 2:7 (on
Isaiah 44:28 compare Che Di)
palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew
id. temple, Aramaic
הֵיכָלָא,
הֵיכְלָא,
Lfkyfh,
palace, temple, Palmyrene
הכלא temple Vog
16; compare Arabic
هَيْكَلً (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä
274), Ethiopic
ሀይከል፡ temple; Assyrian
ekallu,
palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian
e-gal,
great house, compare Schr
HI 148 COT
2 Kings 20:18 Hpt
E-vowel 11 f. Lehmann
Šamaššumukîn 126, and on usage Dl
338; > from
יכל (
וכל) =
כול contain Ew
§ 162 b Thes Add
84; compare Ol
§ 191 b Hoffm
AGG xxxvi. Mai 1889:25 Dl
w; from an original
יכל Lag
BN 121, but compare Hom
ZMG 1890.547) absolute
ה׳ Amos 8:3 +
27 times (
הַה׳ 1 Kings 6:17 +); construct
הֵיכַל Micah 1:2 +
35 times; suffix
הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Psalm 48:10 +
2 times;
הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28 +
7 times; plural
הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14; construct
הֵיכְלֵי Isaiah 13:22 +
2 times; suffix
הֵיכְלֵיכֶם Joel 4:5; — never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Ki Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms; —
2. of palace of God considered as king, =
house of God or
of י׳,
temple (compare
הַה׳ Isaiah 6:1 e. below where prophet sees
אדני ישֵׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא):
b. of Solomon's temple: specifically the
hall or
nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the
דְּבִּיר the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more general term
בֵּית י׳ or
הַבַּיִת,
1 Kings 6:1,
2+ often)
1 Kings 6:17 (compare
1 Kings 6:19;
1 Kings 6:20 &
1 Kings 6:2) also
1 Kings 6:5;
1 Kings 6:33;
1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; further
2 Chronicles 4:7,
8;
Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse)
עַל־פְּנֵי הָאוּלָם הַבַּיִת הֵיכַל 1 Kings 6:3;
אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל 1 Kings 7:21 ||
עַל־פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל 2 Chronicles 3:17;
הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 18:16; also in wide sense (apparently =
בֵּית י׳),
הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 23:4;
2 Kings 24:13 (||
בֵּית י׳),
Jeremiah 7:4 (
3 times in verse) (||
בֵּית י׳ Jeremiah 7:2),
Jeremiah 24:1 see also
נִקְמַת הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28;
Jeremiah 51:11 (both ||
נִקְמַת י׳);
2 Chronicles 26:16;
27:2, compare
2 Chronicles 29:16 (||
י׳ בֵית פְּנִ֫ימָה; opposed to
י׳ חֲצַר ב׳), in all three
הֵיכַל י׳.
d. general designation of
2nd temple,
הַהֵיכָל Zechariah 8:9 (||
צְבָאוֺת בֵּית י׳); oftener
הֵיכַל י׳ Haggai 2:15,
18;
Zechariah 6:12,
13,
14,
15;
Ezra 3:6,
10,
הֵיכָלוֺ Malachi 3:1;
Psalm 27:4;
בּוֺנִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 4:1;
(הַ)הֵיכָל Nehemiah 6:10 (twice in verse) (||
בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים),
Nehemiah 6:11;
Isaiah 44:28, compare also
Isaiah 66:6. —
הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from
בֵּית י׳ (as below
b)
Psalm 5:8 (
הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ; see
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 5:7); perhaps also
Psalm 68:30 (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident
Psalm 79:1;
Psalm 138:2;
Jonah 2:5;
Jonah 2:8 (all
הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ); compare
קְדשׁ הֵיכָל֑ךָ Psalm 65:5 (||
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly
Psalm 48:10.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H1965.
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