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title: חֲכִילָה — Hachilah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲכִילָה (2444), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Hachilah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲכִילָה

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«חֲכִילָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hachilah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2444 · **BDB:** חֲכִילָה

### Glosses

Hakilah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hachilah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2444/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2444/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (dark) a hill in southern Judah, on edge of wilderness of Ziph 1 S 23:19; 26:1, 3 (GlaserSkizze ii, 326 reads also for חוילה, q.v., in 1 S 15:7); 𝔊 Εχελα (26:1 B Χελμαθ, A Αχιλα) always c. art.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲכִילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2444/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.1/)

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וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַזִּפִים֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הַגִּבְעָ֖תָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲל֨וֹא דָוִ֤ד מִסְתַּתֵּר֙ בְּגִבְעַ֣ת הַחֲכִילָ֔ה עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.went the Ziphites to Saul to (the) Gibeah (cmp) ? not \[is\].David hiding.himself on the.hill of.(the) Hakilah on the.face of.(the) Jeshimon

*JPS 1917:* And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying: 'Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?'

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[1 Samuel 23:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.23.19/)

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וַיַּעֲל֤וּ זִפִים֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הַגִּבְעָ֖תָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲל֣וֹא דָ֠וִד מִסְתַּתֵּ֨ר עִמָּ֤נוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת֙ בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת֙ הַֽחֲכִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִימִ֥ין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and they.went.up Ziphites to Saul to (the) Gibeah (cmp) ? not \[is\].David hiding.himself with us in the strongholds at (the) Horesh on the.hill of.(the) Hakilah which \[is\].from the.south of.(the) Jeshimon

*JPS 1917:* Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying: 'Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

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