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title: חָלָל — pierced · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלָל (2491), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 91 times: pierced. BDB 1906: n.m. pierced. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלָל

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«חָלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pierced** — 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:** 91 times · **Key:** 2491 · **BDB:** חָלָל

### Glosses

slain (23); \[those\].slain (22); \[the\].slain (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pierced [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2491/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pierced [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2491/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. pierced, ח׳ abs. Dt. 21:1 + 25 times; cstr. חֲלַל Nu 19:16; pl. חֲלָלִים Nu 23:24 + 28 times; cstr. חַלְלֵי Is 22:2 + 21 times; sf. חֲלָלֶיךָ ψ 69:27, etc. + 11 times sfs.;— pierced, fatally wounded ψ 69:27 Je 51:52 Ez 26:15; 30:24 La 2:12 Jb 24:12. slain Nu 19:18; 31:8, 19 (P), etc.; sg. coll. 2 S 23:8, 18 = 1 Ch 11:11, 20 Ez 6:7; 30:11, etc., but usually pl. Gn 34:27 1 S 17:52 (RV wounded) Je 51:49, etc.; †חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Is 22:2 Je 14:18 Ez 31:17, 18; 32:20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 Zp 2:12 La 4:9; חַלְלֵי רעב La 4:9; חַלְלֵי יהוה Is 66:16 Je 25:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2491/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.12/)

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גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* also you O.Cushites \[are.those\].slain my.sword my they

*JPS 1917:* Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

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[Proverbs 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.26/)

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כִּֽי־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) many slain.\[ones\] she.has.made.fall and.\[are\] numerous all her.killed \[men\]

*JPS 1917:* For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.

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