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title: הֵיכַל — palace · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: הֵיכַל (lemma:הֵיכַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 13 times: palace. BDB 1906: n.m. palace, temple. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵיכַל

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«הֵיכַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **palace** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** lemma:הֵיכַל · **BDB:** הֵיכַל

### Glosses

the (8); of (2); palace (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

palace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5d9_5db_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. palace, temple [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5d9_5db_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. palace, temple (Assyrian loan-word; BH; also Palm. היכלא and הכלא Lzb 259 SAC 43);—emph. הֵיכְלָא Ezr 4:14 +; cstr. הֵיכַל Dn 4:26; sf. הֵיכְלִי 4:1, -לֵהּ 6:19;— palace of king Dn 4:1, 26; 5:5; 6:19 Ezr 4:14 (v. מְלַח). temple: in Jerusalem Dn 5:2, 3 Ezr 5:14a, 15; 6:5(×2). in Babylon 5:14b, c. הַיְתִי v. אֲתָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵיכַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5d9_5db_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/)

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אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וְרַעְנַ֖ן בְּהֵיכְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I Nebuchadnezzar at.ease I.was in house my and flourishing in palace my

*JPS 1917:* I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

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[Daniel 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/)

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לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

*JPS 1917:* At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

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