Lexical Definition

‎חָלִילָה‎ châlîylâh (khaw-lee'-law) forbid ^H:Intj
or חָלִלָה châlilâh (khawlee'-law); a directive from ‎חָלַל‎

be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.

• literal fora profaned thing
• used (interj.) far be it!

1) far be it (from me), God forbid that, let it not be

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָלִ֫ילָה‎ substantive with ‎ה‎ locative, used as exclamation literally ad profanum! i.e. far be it (for me, thee, etc.) ! (see Ba^{NB 136}) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 44:7 + 17 t., ‎חָלִלָה‎ Gen 18:25b + 2 t. — alone, 1Sam 14:45; 1Sam 20:2 elsewhere with ‎לְ‎ person: Gen 18:25b (J), 1Sam 2:30; 1Sam 20:9; 1Sam 22:15 + ‎מִן‎ and infinitive of act deprecated Gen 18:25 a Gen 44:7; Gen 44:17 (all J), Josh 24:16 (E), 1Sam 12:23; 2Sam 23:17 + ‎מִמֶּנּוּ ל‎ (peculiarly) Josh 22:29 (P; = from it, even to rebel); + ‎אִם‎ (= surely not) 2Sam 20:20 (‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎), Job 27:5 strengthened idiomatically by ‎מיהוה‎, ‎׳‎‎לִי מִיּ‎‎׳‎‎ח‎ followed by ‎מִן‎ and infinitive 1Sam 26:11; 1Kgs 21:3 + 2Sam 23:17 (read ‎מיהוה‎, ᵐ5^L ᵑ6 ᵑ7) = 1Chr 11:19 (‎מאלהי‎) followed by ‎אִם‎ 1Sam 24:7* ‎לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 34:10.

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