חלל

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ל (kh-l-l)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈlal/

Noun

חָלָל • (khalál) m (plural indefinite חֲלָלִים, singular construct חֲלַל־, plural construct חַלְלֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. space, void (empty volume)
2. outer space
3. (anatomy) cavity
4. a person killed, especially in war; casualty
5. (Jewish law) The son of a kohen and a woman who a kohen is not halachically permitted to marry, and who is thus unable to perform priestly functions in the Temple of Jerusalem

Declension

Declension of חָלָל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	חָלָל	first	חֲלָלִי		חֲלָלֵנוּ
	definite	הֶחָלָל	second	חֲלָלְךָ	חֲלָלֵךְ	חֲלַלְכֶם	חֲלַלְכֶן
	construct	חֲלַל־	third	חֲלָלוֹ	חֲלָלָהּ	חֲלָלָם	חֲלָלָן
plural	indefinite	חֲלָלִם	first	חלליי / חַלְלַי		חַלְלֵינוּ
	definite	הַחֲלָלִם	second	חַלְלֶיךָ	חללייך / חַלְלַיִךְ	חַלְלֵיכֶם	חַלְלֵיכֶן
	construct	חַלְלֵי־	third	חַלְלָיו	חַלְלֶיהָ	חַלְלֵיהֶם	חַלְלֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• חֲלָלִית (khalalít)
• תַּחֲנַת חָלָל (takhanát-khalál)

Etymology 2

Verb

חִלֵּל • (khilél) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חילל

References

• “חלל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חלל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חָלָל (khalál).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɔɫəɫ/

Noun

חלל • (kholel) m, plural חללס (kholels)

1. space, void (empty volume)

   Synonym: שטח (shetekh)