חֻלְיָה
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Meanings
Feminine noun
1. a link (An element of a chain)
2. vertebra (anatomy)
3. chulyah (A patterned knot tied according to a specific custom — e.g. Rambam chulyos or Ashkenazic chulyos — in the tzitzit fringes of a tallis)
Pronunciation
khulyá
Examples5
A link joins two parts of a chain.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
The bullet shattered his jaw and got lodged vertically in a vertebra in his neck.
Even the long neck of a giraffe contains only seven vertebrae.