Original Language Studio
Genesis 18:25
“That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2486 · Hebrew
- Definition
- literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
- Derivation
- or חָלִלָה; a directive from H2490 (חָלַל);
- KJV renderings
- be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.
- Grammar
- חָלִ֨לָ — particle (interjection)
- ה — suffix (paragogic he)
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 44:7Genesis 44:17Joshua 22:29Joshua 24:161 Samuel 2:30
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָלִילָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.