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חַכְלִלוּת ḥaklilūt – dullness

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

Introduction

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

  • Ketubim: Prov 23:29.

7. Conclusion

A.1 חכלילות stands for a ‘dark’ colour, possibly ‘dark red’. The only surviving occurrence of this lexeme is in a description of eyes affected by the consumption of an abundance of wine (Prov 23:29-30).

For this entry, see further John E. Hartley, The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (2010), 177-178 (Printed publications).

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