הֵיכָל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. palace
2. hall, large reception area for guests
3. the central sanctuary of the Holy Temple
4. the Holy Temple (metonymic)
5. ark (a decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept) (Sephardi, Judaism)
6. Temple (non-Orthodox synagogue)
Pronunciation
hekhál
Examples5
שְׂמָמִית ביָדַיִם תִּתְפֹּשׂ וְהִיא בְּהֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ׃
The smamít with hands [graps; can be grasped], yet it is in palaces of kings.
הַצֶּדֶק מָצוּי בהֵיכָל הַמִּשְׁפָּט.
Justice is found in a courtroom.
וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנוֹתָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג
And jackals shall howl in their castles, And wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces
וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמְנוֹתָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג
And jackals shall howl in their castles, And wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces
זֶהוּ הֵיכָל הַתְּפִלָּה הַגָּדוֹל בְּיוֹתֵר שֶׁרָאִיתִי אי פעם.
This is the largest temple that I've ever seen.