especially freq. in
Ki
Ez & late proph., also Chr; occasionally in
ψ
;—
1.
rather
seld.
(royal)
palace
(so alm. always in Assyrian); of Ahab
1 K 21:1
, of king of Babylon
2 K 20:18
=
Is 39:
7,
2 Ch 36:7
,
cf.
Dn 1:
4, and
pl.
הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג
Is 13:22
luxurious palaces;
at Nineveh
וְהַה׳ נָמֹוג
Na 2:
7; not clearly defined are
הֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ
ψ 45:16
and
הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן
v
9;
הֵיכָלֹות
Ho 8:14
(in N. Israel);
vid.
also
וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירֹות הֵיכָל בַּיֹּום הַהוּא
Am 8:3
and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day;
cf.
also (prob.) of
Phœnician
palaces
Jo 4:5
; quite general
הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ
Pr 30:2
8, &
תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל
ψ 144:12
(
sim.
of well- proportioned daughters);—usual term for royal palace in
Heb.
is
בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ
,
v.
בית
.
2.
of palace of God considered as king,
=
house of God
or
of
י׳
,
temple
(
cf.
הַה׳
Is 6:1
e
infr.
where proph. sees
אדני ישֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא
):
a.
of early, pre- Solomonic house at Shiloh
הֵיכַל י׳
1 S 1:
9;
3:3
(
=
בֵּית י׳
1:
7;
3:15
;
פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מֹועֵד
2:22
om.
Ö
We Klo D
r) with doors (
דלתות
,
3:15
) & a doorpost
(
מזוזה
1:
9) (
cf.
2 S 22:7
=
ψ 18:7
e
infr
.).
b.
of Solomon’s temple: specif. the
hall
or
nave
of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the
דְּבִיר
the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more general term
בֵּית י׳
or
הַבַּיִת
,
1 K 6:1
,
2
+
often)
1 K 6:17
(
cf.
v
1
9,
20
&
v
2) also
v
5,
33 1 K 7:50
=
2 Ch 4:2
2; further
2 Ch 4:7
,
8 Ez 8:16
(×2) הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת הָאוּלָם עַל־פְּנֵי
1 K 6:3
;
אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל
1 K 7:21
||
הַהֵיכָל עַל־פְּנֵי
2 Ch 3:1
7;
הֵיכַל י׳
2 K 18:16
; also in wide sense (appar.
=
בֵּית י׳
),
הֵיכַל י׳
2 K 23:
4;
24:13
(
||
בֵּית י׳
),
Je 7:4
(×3) (
||
בֵּית י׳
v
2),
24:1
v.
also
הֵיכָלֹו נִקְמַת
Je 50:2
8;
51:11
(both
||
נִקְמַת י׳
);
2 Ch 26:16
;
27:2
,
cf.
29:16
(
||
פְּנִ˜ימָה בֵית י׳
;
opp.
חֲצַר ב׳ י׳
), in all three
הֵיכַל י׳
.
c.
hall
or
nave
of Ezek.’s temple, the holy place (
v. supr
.) (included in
הַבַּיִת
, the general term embracing the whole group of buildings)
Ez 41:1
,
4
,
15
,
21
,
23
,
25
(
cf.
v
2
0)
42:8
.
d.
general designation of
2nd temple
,
הַהֵיכָל
Zc 8:9
(
||
בֵּית י׳ צְבָאֹות
); oftener
הֵיכַל י׳
Hg 2:1
5,
18 Zc 6:1
2,
13
,
14
,
15 Ezr 3:6
,
10
,
הֵיכָלֹו
Mal 3:1
ψ 27:4
;
בֹּונִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezr 4:1
;
(הַ)הֵיכָל
Ne 6:10
(×2) (
||
בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים
),
v
1
1;
Is 44:28
,
cf.
also
66:6
.—
הֵיכָל
occurs occasionally in
ψ
, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple ref. is had; appar. distinguished from
בֵּית י׳
(as sub
b
)
ψ 5:8b
(
הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ
;
v.
בֵּיתֶ˜ךָ
v
8
a); perhaps also
ψ 68:30
(disting. from Holy of Holies by
De Ch
e; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident
ψ 79:1
;
138:2 Jon 2:
5,
8
(all
הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ
);
cf.
קְדשׁ הֵיכָלֶ˜ךָ
ψ 65:5
(
||
בֵּיתֶ˜ךָ
); as containing
Ki
David Kimchi (Qamchi).
seld.
seldom, rare.
sim.
simile.
×3 three times.