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title: חַכְלִלוּת — dulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַכְלִלוּת (2448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: dulness. BDB 1906: n.f. dulness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַכְלִלוּת

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«חַכְלִלוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dulness** — 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:** 2448 · **BDB:** חַכְלִילוּת

### Glosses

dullness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dulness, of eyes in drunkenness, לְמִי חַכ׳עֵינָֽיִם׃ Pr 23:29 (v 30 לַמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּ֑יִן).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַכְלִלוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.29/)

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לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מִדְיָנִ֨ים ׀ לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* \[belongs\].to whom? woe \[belongs\].to whom? woe \[belong\].to whom? contentions \[belongs\].to whom? complaint \[belong\].to whom? bruises without.cause \[belongs\].to whom? dullness of.eyes

*JPS 1917:* Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who hath contentions? who hath raving? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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