Proverbs 7:26:2Prov.7.26.W2TAB
חֲלָלִ֣ים
khalalim
“slain ones”
- Transliteration
- kha-la-LIM
- Extended
- khah-laa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ħălaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- slain ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-la-LIM
- clause
KI-ra-BIM kha-la-LIM hi-PI-la
- sentence
KI-ra-BIM kha-la-LIM hi-PI-la va-a-tsu-MIM KAL-ha-ru-ge-HA
Exegesis
The nominal subject rabim chalalim {רַבִּים חֲלָלִים | rabîm ḥălâlîm} ‘many slain’ precedes the Hiphil perfect verb hippilah {הִפִּילָה | hippîlāh} ‘she has brought down’, expressing causative action.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ל
“to pierce, wound, slay”
In context — Proverbs 7:26
For many are the wounded whom she has brought down, and strong men are all her victims .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 7:26, so the Hebrew word חֲלָלִ֣ים (khalalim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.7.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.26.W2.S1) and character.