היכל
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /ēgal/). Cognate with Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal) and Aramaic הֵיכְלָא (hēḵəlā).
Noun[edit]
הֵיכָל • (heikhál) m (plural indefinite הֵיכָלִים or הֵיכָלוֺת, singular construct הֵיכַל־, plural construct הֵיכְלֵי־ or הֵיכְלוֺת־)
- palace
- Tanach, 1 Kings 21:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כֶּרֶם הָיָה לְנָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִי אֲשֶׁר בְּיִזְרְעֶאל אֵצֶל הֵיכַל אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ שֹׁמְרוֹן׃
- wa-yhī aḥar had-dəvārīm hā-ēlle kerem hāyā lə-nāvōṯ hay-yizrəʿēlī ăšer bə-yizrəʿel ēṣel hēḵal aḥʾāv meleḵ šomrōn
- And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:28, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
- שְׂמָמִית בְּיָדַיִם תְּתַפֵּשׂ וְהִיא בְּהֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ׃
- śəmāmīṯ bə-yāḏayim təṯappēś wə-hī bə-hēḵəlē meleḵ.
- The lizard you may grasp with the hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
- hall, large reception area for guests
- the central sanctuary of the Holy Temple
- Tanach, Ezekiel 41:4, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
- וַיָּמָד אֶת־אָרְכּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה וְרֹחַב עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה אֶל־פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֶה קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים׃
- way-yāmåḏ eṯ årkō ʿeśrīm ammā wə-rōḥav ʿeśrīm ammā el pənē ha-hēḵāl way-yōmer ēlay ze qoḏeš haq-qŏḏāšīm.
- And he measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- (metonymically) the Holy Temple
- Tanach, Psalms 5:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ אָבוֹא בֵיתֶךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל־הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ׃
- wa-ănī bə-rōv ḥasdəḵā āvō vēṯeḵā eštaḥăwe el hēḵal qåḏšəḵā bə-yirʾāṯeḵā.
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- Tanach, Jeremiah 7:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ לָכֶם אֶל־דִּבְרֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר לֵאמֹר הֵיכַל יְהוָה הֵיכַל יְהוָה הֵיכַל יְהוָה הֵמָּה׃
- al tivṭəḥū lāḵem el divrē haš-šeqer lēmōr hēḵal YHWH hēḵal YHWH hēḵal YHWH hēmmā.
- Trust ye not in lying words, saying: ‘The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.’
- (Judaism, Sephardi) ark (synagogue)
Synonyms[edit]
- (ark): ארון קודש / אֲרוֹן קֹדֶשׁ ('arón kódesh) (Ashkenazi)