חלון
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈlon/
Etymology 1
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ח־ל־ל (kh-l-l) |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎐 (ḥln, “window”). The Ugaritic form makes unlikely the traditional association with חָלַל (“to pierce”), cognate with Arabic خَلَّ (ḵalla, “to bore, to punch”).
Noun
[edit]חַלּוֹן • (khalón) m or f (plural indefinite חַלּוֹנוֹת)
- a window
- Tanach, Ezekiel 40:16, with translation of the American Standard Version:
- וְחַלֹּנוֹת אֲטֻמוֹת אֶל הַתָּאִים
- wəḥallonoṯ ʔăṭumoṯ ʔɛl hatɔʔim
- And there were closed windows to the lodges
- 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, To the Bird 1–2:
- שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפֹּרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת,
מֵאַרְצוֹת הַחֹם אֶל־חַלּוֹנִי.- Shalóm ráv shúvekh, tzipurá nekhmédet,
me'artzót hakhóm el-khaloní. - Welcome back to my window, lovely bird,
On your return from the warm lands to my window.
- Shalóm ráv shúvekh, tzipurá nekhmédet,
- שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפֹּרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת,
- (slang) a free period
Usage notes
[edit]- In modern Hebrew the word is usually masculine.
Derived terms
[edit]- חלון ראווה / חַלּוֹן רַאֲוָה (khalón ra'avá)
Etymology 2
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ח־ל־ן (kh-l-n) |
Noun
[edit]חִלּוּן • (khilún) m
References
[edit]- “חלון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H2474 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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