Lexicon
חָלִ֫ילָה
cha.li.lah
H2486
H:Intj Hebrew

forbid

21
Occurrences
7
Books
Hebrew
Language

cha.li.lah is an interjection used to reject a proposed act or outcome as unacceptable.

Across the supplied verses, this interjection introduces an emphatic rejection of an act, accusation, or outcome: speakers disavow doing what is proposed, and it can reject conduct attributed to God.

Senses in use

  1. Interjection of emphatic rejection · dominant

    The supplied forms are tagged Particle · Interjection. In Genesis 44:7 the speakers reject doing the alleged act, while in 1 Samuel 26:11 the APB renders the clause "Far be it from me before the LORD to stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed"; Genesis 18:25 applies the same rejection to the prospect of God putting the righteous to death with the wicked.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the interjection with "Far be it," often followed by the act or outcome being rejected. That wording confirms the clause-level rejection rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every verse.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture