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title: חִיאֵל — Hiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִיאֵל (2419), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Hiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִיאֵל

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«חִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hiel** — 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:** 2419 · **BDB:** חִיאֵל

### Glosses

Hiel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2419/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2419/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (prob. (אֲ)חִיאֵל brother of Ēl, 𝔊 Ἀχειηλ; cf. חירם \& Ph. חמלך, etc.; v. BaeRel 156) a Bethelite, rebuilder of Jericho 1 K 16:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2419/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 16:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.34/)

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בְּיָמָ֞יו בָּנָ֥ה חִיאֵ֛ל בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלִ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלִ֖י אֶת־יְרִיחֹ֑ה בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם בְּכֹר֜וֹ יִסְּדָ֗הּ וּבִשְׂג֤וּב צְעִירוֹ֙ הִצִּ֣יב דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃ס

*Word for word:* in days his he.rebuilt Hiel \[the\] Bethelite (et) Jericho by Abiram firstborn his he founded.it and by Segub his.young \[son\] he.set.up gates its according to.the.word of.Yahweh which he.spoke by the.hand of.Joshua the.son of.Nun

*JPS 1917:* In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

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