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title: הֵילֵל — shining one · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֵילֵל (1966), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shining one. BDB 1906: n.m. appell. shining one. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵילֵל

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«הֵילֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shining one** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1966 · **BDB:** הֵילֵל²

### Glosses

O.shining.one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shining one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1966/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. appell. shining one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1966/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. appell. shining one, epith. of king of Babylon, אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם ה׳ בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר Is 14:12 how art thou fallen, shining one, son of dawn! i.e. star of the morning. (Cf. Assyrian muštilil epith. of (Venus as) morning-star III R 57:60 OppJAS 1871, 448 SchrSK 1874, 337 COT ad loc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵילֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1966/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.12/)

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אֵ֛יךְ נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ לָאָ֔רֶץ חוֹלֵ֖שׁ עַל־גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* how! you.have.fallen from heaven O.shining.one son of.dawn you.have.been.cut.down to the ground O.\[you.who\].defeat over \[the\].nations

*JPS 1917:* How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, that didst cast lots over the nations!

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