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חֲלִי

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Chali

H2482 noun

SILEX Entry

Root חלה to be sick, to be weak, to become ill

Definition

Toponym referring to a specific settlement in the territory assigned to the tribe of Asher in the Israelite period; Hali appears in lists as a location within the northern coastal region but does not denote an attribute or functional role beyond indicating geographic identity.

Semantic Range

place name (Hali); personal or geographic designation (toponym)

Root / Etymology

Derived from the Hebrew root חלה (ḥ-l-h), meaning 'to be sick, weak, afflicted,' although its use as a toponym may be independent of these core meanings; toponymic derivation is uncertain and may be unrelated to the root's semantic content.

Historical & Contextual Notes

חֲלִי (Chălîy/Hali) is attested exclusively as a place name in Joshua 19:25 as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Asher during the division of land among the Israelite tribes. The precise location is unknown in the archaeological record, and its significance is primarily administrative in the biblical listing of territorial boundaries. There is no biblical evidence connecting the name's possible underlying meaning ('weakness,' from חלה) with the character or features of the place. The English tradition renders it 'Hali,' following the transliteration, but this does not reflect any change in meaning. In later translations and traditions, there is no additional developed sense or religious association attached to חֲלִי. The word is distinct from the homograph חֲלִי meaning 'illness' (see H2483), sharing root consonants but differing in usage and semantic field.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

the same as חֲלִי; Chali, a place in Palestine; Hali.

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Root Family

חלה (ḥ-l-h) — to be sick, to be weak, to become ill

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H2342 חוּל sickness
H2470 חָלָה in their becoming weak
H2481 חֲלִי delicate ornaments
H2483 חֳלִי in sicknesses
H2484 חֶלְיָה and her ornament

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H2482-01 וַ/חֲלִ֖י vachali HC/Np and Hali and Hali 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H2482-01 Joshua 19:25 וַ/חֲלִ֖י vachali HC/Np and Hali and Hali
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