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כחל kāḥal – to paint

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

Introduction

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

  • Nebiim: Ezek 23:40.

7. Conclusion

A.1 כחל describes painting the area around the eyes, especially the edges of the eyelids, with a ‘dark or dark bluish’ powder. In Early BHeb. כחל was a highly referential lexeme. The adjectival form כחול serves as the word for ‘blue’ in modern Heb.

For this entry, see further John E. Hartley, The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (2010), 210-211 (Printed publications).

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