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H2447 חַכְלִיל (chaklîyl) khak-leel'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

by reduplication from an unused root apparently meaning to be dark; darkly flashing (only of the eyes); in a good sense, brilliant (as stimulated by wine)

KJV Usage: red

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חַכְלִילִי (chakh.lil) — dull. 1) dull 2) (CLBL) dark-flashing, brilliant

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · חַכְלִילוּת

Color

Collocation: חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם

bloodshot eyes = pertaining to having one's eyeball tinged with blood; ◄ usually the result of drinking much wine; ≈ not necessarily seen as something bad

GEN 49:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חַכְלִילִי adj. (dark) dull, from wine Gn 49:12. ref

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