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# חֲלִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2481

**ornament** — used 2 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

ornament [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲלִי: n.m. ornament [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ornament, נֶזֶם זָהָב וַחֲלִי־כָּ֑תֶם Pr 25:12 a (nose- or ear-) ring of gold and (neck- or breast-) ornament of fine gold; pl. חֲלָאִים Ct 7:2, in sim. of grace and beauty.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: an ornament (1); ornaments (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 25:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.12/#tree)

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם עַל־אֹ֥זֶן שֹׁמָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* an.earring of.gold and an.ornament of.gold \[one.who\].reproves wise on an.ear listening

*JPS 1917:* As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

[Song of Songs 7:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.2/#tree)

מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.beautiful feet your in (the) sandals O.daughter of.a.noble.\[person\] the.curves your.thighs your \[are\].like ornaments \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.master-craftsman

*JPS 1917:* How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2481.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2481/): 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).