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# חַלּוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2474

**window** — used 31 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

window [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2474/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חַלּוֹן: n.m. window [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2474/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jos 2:18 and f. Ez 40:16 window, abs. הַחַלּוֹן Gn 26:8 + 12 times; cstr. חַלּוֹן Gn 8:6 Pr 7:6; sf. חַלּוֹנָו֯ Ez 40:22; mpl. חַלּוֹנִים Ez 40:25 + 3 times; cstr. חַלּוֹנֵי 1 K 6:4; sf. חַלּוֹנָי֑ Je 22:14 (defective pl. Ges§ 87 (1)c, dual Ew§ 177 a, but read יו סָפוֹן Mich Hi Gf Or Gie); חַלּוֹנֵינוּ Je 9:20; f. חַלּוֹנוֹת Ez 40:16 + 4 times; חַלֹּנוֹת Ct 2:9 + 3 times; window פָּתַח ח׳ open the window Gn 8:6 (P) 2 K 13:17; עלה בח׳ Je 9:20; בעד הח׳ through the window Gn 26:8 Jos 2:15 (J) Ju 5:28 1 S 19:12 2 S 6:16 = 1 Ch 15:29, 2 K 9:30 Jo 2:9; latticed windows 1 K 6:4 Ez 40:16; 41:16, 26; בּח׳ Jos 2:18, 21 (J) Pr 7:6 Zp 2:14; אֶל־הח׳ 2 K 9:32; מִן־הח׳ Ct 2:9; windows of palace, קָרַע לוֹ חַלּוֹנָי(ו) Je 22:14 cutteth him out his windows; of the gates of Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:16, 22, 25(×2), 29, 33, 36, of the temple itself Ez 41:16(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: windows (17); window (12); the window (2).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 6:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.4/#tree)

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לַבָּ֔יִת חַלּוֹנֵ֖י שְׁקֻפִ֥ים אֲטֻמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for the house windows of.frames closed

*JPS 1917:* And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.

[Proverbs 7:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.6/#tree)

כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) at the.window my.house my through window-lattice my I.looked.down

*JPS 1917:* For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2474.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2474/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).