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 • (hekhál) m (plural indefinite הֵיכָלִים or הֵיכָלוֺת, singular construct הֵיכַל־, plural construct הֵיכְלֵי־ or הֵיכְלוֺת־)
- 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׃
- vayh'í akhár had'varím ha'éle kérem hayá l'navót hayizr'elí ashér b'yizr'él étsel hekhál akh'áv mélekh shomrón
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.
- vayh'í akhár had'varím ha'éle kérem hayá l'navót hayizr'elí ashér b'yizr'él étsel hekhál akh'áv mélekh shomrón
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:28, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
- שְׂמָמִית בְּיָדַיִם תְּתַפֵּשׂ וְהִיא בְּהֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ׃
- s'mamít b'yadáyim t'tapés vehi b'hekhalé mélekh.
śəmāmīṯ bə-yāḏayim təṯappēś wə-hī bə-hēḵəlē meleḵ. - The lizard you may grasp with the hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
- s'mamít b'yadáyim t'tapés vehi b'hekhalé mélekh.
- 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׃
- vayamád et arkó esrím amá verókhav esrím amá el p'né hahekhál vayomér elái ze kódesh hakodashím.
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.”
- vayamád et arkó esrím amá verókhav esrím amá el p'né hahekhál vayomér elái ze kódesh hakodashím.
- (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׃
- va'aní b'róv khasd'khá avó vetékha eshtakhavé el hekhál kodshekhá b'yir'atékha
wa-ănī bə-rōv ḥasdəḵā āvō vēṯeḵā eštaḥăwe el hēḵal qåḏšəḵā bə-yirʾāṯeḵā. - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- va'aní b'róv khasd'khá avó vetékha eshtakhavé el hekhál kodshekhá b'yir'atékha
- 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 tivt'khú lakhém el divré hashéker lemór hekhál YHVH hekhál YHVH hekhál YHVH héma
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.’
- al tivt'khú lakhém el divré hashéker lemór hekhál YHVH hekhál YHVH hekhál YHVH héma
- (Sephardi Hebrew, Judaism) ark (a decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept)
Synonyms
[edit]- (ark): ארון קודש / אֲרוֹן קֹדֶשׁ (arón kódesh) (Ashkenazi)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]היכל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he