Hebrew word · H2482

חֲלִי

vachali

Hali

A place name. It has the same spelling as the common noun ḥali, 'ornament, jewel (worn on the neck)' (Prov 25:12; Song 7:1 [Eng. 7:2]).

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated October 30, 2026

What it means

§ Hali = "necklace"

a town on the boundary of Asher between Helkath and Beten

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Range of meaning: A place name. It has the same spelling as the common noun ḥali, 'ornament, jewel (worn on the neck)' (Prov 25:12; Song 7:1 [Eng. 7:2]).
Against the English: Transliterated 'Hali' in all versions.
Used elsewhere in the period: It appears only here. A location is sometimes proposed at Khirbet Ras 'Ali near the Kishon valley, but this is speculative.

Joshua · 1

Joshua 19:25 וַחֲלִ֖י and Hali

Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

Here: A town otherwise unknown. Its name looks like the common word for a neck-ornament or jewel. Where it stood is not known for certain.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.