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title: חֲלִי — ornament · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלִי (2481), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ornament. BDB 1906: n.m. ornament. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלִי

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«חֲלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ornament** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2481 · **BDB:** חֲלִי

### Glosses

an.ornament (1); ornaments (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ornament [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ornament [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ornament, נֶזֶם זָהָב וַחֲלִי־כָּ֑תֶם Pr 25:12 a (nose- or ear-) ring of gold and (neck- or breast-) ornament of fine gold; pl. חֲלָאִים Ct 7:2, in sim. of grace and beauty.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.12/)

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נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם עַל־אֹ֥זֶן שֹׁמָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* an.earring of.gold and an.ornament of.gold \[one.who\].reproves wise on an.ear listening

*JPS 1917:* As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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[Song of Songs 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.2/)

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מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.beautiful feet your in (the) sandals O.daughter of.a.noble.\[person\] the.curves your.thighs your \[are\].like ornaments \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.master-craftsman

*JPS 1917:* How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.

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