1. temple, sanctuary — The sacred temple building, whether Solomon's temple in Jerusalem or a pagan temple, denoting the main hall or nave of a religious edifice where worship and sacrifice occur. The multilingual evidence strongly converges on sacred-space vocabulary: spa 'el templo' (the temple), arb 'الهَيْكَل' (the temple/sanctuary), kor '성전' (holy hall/temple), swa 'hekalu' (temple, from Heb heykal), hin 'मंदिर/मन्दिर' (temple). Covers all prepositional and construct forms referring to the sacred building. 8×
AR["إِلَى-الهَيْكَل","الهَيْكَل","الْهَيْكَلِ","في-الهَيْكَل"]·ben["মন্দির","মন্দিরে"]·DE["Tempel","[היכלא]"]·EN["in-temple","temple","the-temple","to-temple-of","to-the-temple"]·FR["[בהיכלא]","[להיכלא]","le-temple","palais"]·heb["ב-היכלא","ה-היכל","היכלא","ל-היכלא"]·HI["मंदिर-में","मंदिर-से","मंदिर-स्थल-में","मन्दिर"]·ID["Bait-Suci","di-Bait-Suci","ke-Bait-Suci"]·IT["[בהיכלא]","[להיכלא]","il-palazzo","il-tempio"]·jav["Bait-Suci","Kores","dhateng-padaleman","ing-Yerusalem","kang-padaleman","lan-mbeta","ngadegaken"]·KO["그-성전","성전","에-그-성전"]·PT["no-templo","o-templo","para-o-templo","templo"]·RU["Храма","в-Храм","в-Храме","в-храм","храма"]·ES["al-templo","el-templo"]·SW["hekalu","hekalu-la","katika-hekalu","kwenye-hekalu"]·TR["tapinaga","tapinaktan","tapınaktan"]·urd["بِ-ہیکل","لے-ہیکل","ہیکل","ہیکل-سے"]
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2. palace, royal residence — A grand secular building, specifically a king's palace or royal residence, representing the well-attested polysemy of heykal which denotes both sacred temple and royal palace (cf. Akkadian ekallu 'great house'). The multilingual evidence clearly distinguishes this from the temple sense: arb 'قَصْرِ/قَصْرِي' (palace/my palace), swa 'jumba la kifalme/jumba langu' (royal palace/my palace), spa 'el palacio/mi palacio' (the palace/my palace), kor '궁전' (palace), hin 'महल/अपने महल में' (palace/in my palace). Used of Babylonian and other royal residences in Daniel and other contexts. 5×
AR["إِلَى-قَصْرِهِ","الْهَيْكَلِ","فِي-قَصْرِي","قَصْرِ"]·ben["-তাঁর-প্রাসাদে","-মন্দিরের","আমার-প্রাসাদে","প্রাসাদের"]·DE["Tempel","[בהיכלי]","[היכל]","[היכלא]","[להיכלה]"]·EN["in-my-palace","palace","palace-of","to-his-palace"]·FR["le-temple","palais"]·heb["ב-היכלי","ה-היכל","היכל","היכלא","ל-היכלו"]·HI["अपने-महल-में","महल","महल-से"]·ID["-istana","di-istanaku","istana","ke-istananya"]·IT["il-palazzo","il-tempio","palazzo","tempio"]·jav["dhateng-kedhaton","ing-kraton-kula","kedhaton","kraton","lan-kawiranganipun"]·KO["궁전-을","궁전-의","그-궁전","그-의-궁전-에","내-궁전-에서"]·PT["em-meu-palácio","o-palácio","o-palácio-do","palácio","para-seu-palácio"]·RU["-дворцу","во-дворец-свой","во-дворце-моём","дворца"]·ES["a-su-palacio","del-palacio","el-palacio","el-palacio-de","en-mi-palacio"]·SW["jumba-la","jumba-lake","katika-jumba-langu","ya-jumba-la-kifalme"]·TR["sarayin","sarayımda","sarayın","sarayına","sarayının"]·urd["اپنے-محل-میں","محل","محل-کا","محل-کی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [הֵיכַל] n.m. palace, temple (Assyrian loan-word; BH; also Palm. היכלא and הכלא Lzb 259 SAC 43);—emph. הֵיכְלָא Ezr 4:14 +; cstr. הֵיכַל Dn 4:26; sf. הֵיכְלִי 4:1, -לֵהּ 6:19;— 1. palace of king Dn 4:1, 26; 5:5; 6:19 Ezr 4:14 (v. מְלַח). 2. temple: a. in Jerusalem Dn 5:2, 3 Ezr 5:14a, 15; 6:5(×2). b. in Babylon 5:14b, c. הַיְתִי v. אֲתָה" dir="rtl" >אֲתָא.