חַלְלֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַלְלֵ֣י

   khal-le-LEI

   the pierced or slain
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חַלְלֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֔ים

   khal-le-LEI re-sha-IM

   the pierced or slain wicked ones
3. clause🔊 לָתֵ֣ת אֹתָ֗ךְ אֶל־צַוְּארֵ֙י חַלְלֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יוֹמָ֔ם בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֹ֥ן קֵֽץ׃

   la-TET o-TAKH el-tsav-va-REI khal-le-LEI re-sha-IM a-SHER-BA yo-MAM be-ET a-VON KETS

   to put you to the necks of the pierced or slain wicked ones whose has come their day at the time of iniquity end
4. sentence🔊 בְּחָזֲז֥וֹת לָ֖ךְ שָׁ֣וְא בִּקְסָֽם־לָ֖ךְ כָזָ֑ב לָתֵ֣ת אֹתָ֗ךְ אֶל־צַוְּארֵ֙י חַלְלֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יוֹמָ֔ם בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֹ֥ן קֵֽץ׃

   be-kha-za-ZOT LAKH SHAV bik-SAM-LAKH kha-ZAV la-TET o-TAKH el-tsav-va-REI khal-le-LEI re-sha-IM a-SHER-BA yo-MAM be-ET a-VON KETS

   while seeing for you vanity or falsehood while divining for you a lie to put you to the necks of the pierced or slain wicked ones whose has come their day at the time of iniquity end

Exegesis

The infinitive latet {לָתֵת | lā-têt} ‘to give’ with othekha {אוֹתְךָ | ʾōṯ-ḵā} ‘you’ introduces a result clause leading into a three-term construct chain el-tsavarei {אֶל־צַוָּארֵי | ʾel-tsavārei} ‘to the necks of’, challey {חַלְלֵי | ḥal-lê} ‘slain of’, and reshaim {רְשָׁעִים | rə-shā-ʿîm} ‘the wicked’.

Root and etymology

ח־ל־ל🔊 chet–lamed–lamedḥ-l-l

“to pierce, slay, profane”

• 🔊 חֲלָלוֹתchalalotslaughtersAmos 1:4