חַלּוֹן
chal.lon (H2474)
window
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word חַלּוֹן (chal.lon) is the term for a "window." Its significance is evident in its semantic domain, which includes concepts related to water and weather. This may suggest that windows were not just openings in a wall, but possibly also associated with natural light, views, and the elements. The fact that it appears 31 times in the Bible underscores its importance in ancient Hebrew architecture and daily life. The meaning of "window" seems to be its primary function, an opening through which one can see outside or receive natural light. However, its occurrences in various contexts imply that windows were integral to different aspects of life, such as observing weather patterns, experiencing nature, or interacting with the outside environment. The frequent use of this term highlights the significance of windows in the daily experience of ancient Hebrews. Given its association with the semantic domain of water and weather, it is also possible that windows played a role in monitoring environmental conditions, such as rainfall, sunshine, or storms. This word's significance goes beyond its literal meaning as an opening in a wall, reflecting the interconnectedness of architecture, nature, and human experience in the ancient Hebrew world.
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At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
As Yahweh’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.
He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.
He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”
As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself; with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.
There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.
Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.
There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.
the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, opposite the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch. This is how the side rooms of the house and the thresholds were arranged.
They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.