How to Pronounce Halhul

HAL-huhl

Halhul is pronounced HAL-huhl (ˈhælhʊl): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Halhul mean?

Halhul means “grief; looking for grief”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Halhul?

Full of hollows, a town in the highlands of Judah (Josh. 15:58). It is now a small village of the same name, and is situated about 5 miles north-east of Hebron on the way to Jerusalem. There is an old Jewish tradition that Gad, David’s seer (2 Sam. 24:11), was buried here.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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