הֵיכָל noun masculine[Nah 2:7] (on [Isa 44:28] compare Che Di) palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew id. temple, Aramaic הֵיכָלָא, הֵיכְלָא, , palace, temple, Palmyrene הכלא temple Vog16; compare Arabic (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä274), Ethiopic temple; Assyrian ekallu, palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian e-gal, great house, compare SchrHI 148 COT [2Kgs 20:18] HptE-vowel 11 f. LehmannŠamaššumukîn 126, and on usage Dl338; > from יכל (וכל) = כול contain Ew§ 162 b Thes Add84; compare Ol§ 191 b HoffmAGG xxxvi. Mai 1889:25 Dlw; from an original יכל LagBN 121, but compare HomZMG 1890.547) absolute ׳ה [Amos 8:3] + 27 t. (׳הַה [1Kgs 6:17] +); construct הֵיכַל [Mic 1:2] + 35 t.; suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ [Ps 48:10] + 2 t.; הֵיכָלוֺ [Jer 50:28] + 7 t.; plural הֵיכָלוֺת [Hos 8:14] construct הֵיכְלֵי [Isa 13:22] + 2 t.; suffix הֵיכְלֵיכֶם [Joel 4:5] — never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Ki Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms; —
1. rather seld. (royal) palace (so almost always in Assyrian); of Ahab [1Kgs 21:1], of king of Babylon [2Kgs 20:18] = [Isa 38:17]; [2Chr 36:7], compare [Dan 1:4], and plural הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג [Isa 13:22] luxurious palaces; at Nineveh נָמוֺג ׳וְהַה [Nah 2:7] not clearly defined are הֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ [Ps 45:16] and הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן v[Ps 45:9] הֵיכָלוֺת [Hos 8:14] (in Northern Israel); see also וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירוֺת הֵיכָל בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא [Amos 8:3] and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day; compare also (probably) of Phoenician palaces [Joel 4:5] quite general הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ, [Prov 30:28], & תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל [Ps 144:12] (simile of well-proportioned daughters); — usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ, see בית.
2. of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of ׳י, temple (compare ׳הַה [Isa 6:1]
\ \ e. below where prophet sees אדני ישֵׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא):
\ \ a. of early, pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh ׳הֵיכַל י [1Sam 1:9]; [1Sam 3:3] (= ׳בֵּית י [1Sam 1:7]; [1Sam 3:15] פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד [1Sam 2:22] omitted by ᵐ5 We Klo Dr) with doors (דלתות, [1Sam 3:15]) & a doorpost (מזוזה [1Sam 1:9]) (compare [2Sam 22:7] = [Ps 18:7] e below).
\ \ b. of Solomon's temple: specifically the hall or nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the דְּבִּיר the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more general term ׳בֵּית י or הַבַּיִת, [1Kgs 6:1]; [1Kgs 6:2] + often) [1Kgs 6:17] (compare v[1Kgs 6:19] v[1Kgs 6:20] & v[1Kgs 6:2]) also v[1Kgs 6:5] v[1Kgs 6:33]; [1Kgs 7:50] = [2Chr 4:22] further [2Chr 4:7]; [2Chr 4:8]; [Ezek 8:16] (twice in verse) הָאוּלָם עַלפְּֿנֵי הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת [1Kgs 6:3] אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל [1Kgs 7:21] || עַלפְּֿנֵי הַהֵיכָל [2Chr 3:17] ׳הֵיכַל י [2Kgs 18:16] also in wide sense (apparently = ׳בֵּית י), ׳הֵיכַל י [2Kgs 23:4]; [2Kgs 24:13] (|| ׳בֵּית י), [Jer 7:4] (3 t. in verse) (|| ׳בֵּית י v[Jer 7:2]), [Jer 24:1] see also נִקְמַת הֵיכָלוֺ [Jer 50:28]; [Jer 51:11] (both || ׳נִקְמַת י); [2Chr 26:16]; [2Chr 27:2], compare [2Chr 29:16] (|| ׳פְּנִ֫ימָה בֵית י; opposed to ׳י ׳חֲצַר ב), in all three ׳הֵיכַל י.
\ \ c. hall or nave of Ezekiel's temple, the holy place (see above) (included in הַבַּיִת, the general term embracing the whole group of buildings) [Ezek 41:1]; [Ezek 41:4]; [Ezek 41:15]; [Ezek 41:21]; [Ezek 41:23]; [Ezek 41:25] (compare v[Ezek 41:20]) [Ezek 42:8].
\ \ d. general designation of 2 nd temple, הַהֵיכָל [Zech 8:9] (|| צְבָאוֺת ׳בֵּית י); oftener ׳הֵיכַל י [Hag 2:15]; [Hag 2:18]; [Zech 6:12]; [Zech 6:13]; [Zech 6:14]; [Zech 6:15]; [Ezra 3:6]; [Ezra 3:10], הֵיכָלוֺ [Mal 3:1]; [Ps 27:4] בּוֺנִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל [Ezra 4:1] (הַ)הֵיכָל [Neh 6:10] (twice in verse) (|| בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים), v[Neh 6:11]; [Isa 44:28], compare also [Isa 66:6]. — הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from ׳בֵּית י (as below b) [Ps 5:8] (הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ; see בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ v[Ps 5:7]); perhaps also [Ps 68:30] (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident [Ps 79:1]; [Ps 138:2]; [Jonah 2:5]; [Jonah 2:8] (all הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ); compare קְדשׁ הֵיכָל֑ךָ [Ps 65:5] (|| בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly [Ps 48:10].
\ \ e. of the heavenly temple where ׳י sits enthroned [Isa 6:1] his abode in the heavens [2Sam 22:7] = [Ps 18:7]; [Ps 11:4] (|| שָׁמַיִם; compare זְבֻל קָדְשׁוֺ [Isa 63:15], || id.), [Isa 29:9] אֲדֹנָי מֵהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ [Mic 1:2], compare [Hab 2:20] ויהוה בְּהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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