Definition
from H2490; a flute (as perforated)
Traditional renderings: pipe.
Traditional renderings: pipe.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָלִיל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- 1 Samuel 10:5וְחָלִ֣יל · flutesAfter that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
- 1 Kings 1:40בַּחֲלִלִ֔ים · flutesAll the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- Isaiah 5:12וְחָלִ֛יל · and flutesAt their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Isaiah 30:29בֶּֽחָלִ֔יל · to the music of a fluteYou will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- Jeremiah 48:36כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים · like a flute; כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים · like a fluteTherefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.