היכל

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /⁠ēgal⁠/). Cognate with Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal) and Aramaic הֵיכְלָא (hēḵəlā).

Noun

הֵיכָל • (heikhál) m (plural indefinite הֵיכָלִים or הֵיכָלוֺת, singular construct הֵיכַל־, plural construct הֵיכְלֵי־ or הֵיכְלוֺת־)

  1. palace
    Synonym: אַרְמוֹן (armón)
    • 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.
  2. hall, large reception area for guests
  3. 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.”
  4. (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.’
  5. (Sephardi Hebrew, Judaism) ark (a decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept)

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