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חַכְלִילִי ḥaklīlī – dark

Semantic Fields: Colours   
Author(s): John E. Hartley
First published: 2026-05-20
Citation: John E. Hartley, חַכְלִילִי ḥaklīlī – dark,
               Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (sahd-online.com), 2026

Introduction

Grammatical type: adjective.
Occurrences: 1x HB (1/0/0); 0x Sir; 0x Qum; 0x Inscr. (Total: 1x).

  • Torah: Gen 49:12.

7. Conclusion

A.1 In the light of the Akk. cognate ekēlu, חכלילי conveys ‘a dark or a dark red’ colour. In its only extant occurrence it describes the dark colour of a person’s eyes resulting from the liberal consumption of wine. This lexeme appears to have a restrictive syntagmatic usage.

For this entry, see further John E. Hartley, The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (2010), 178-181 (Printed publications).

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