Khalil (חליל) means flute in Hebrew.
It can also mean pipe and whistle. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
flute, pipe, whistle
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Khalil.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי נשיפה מעץ העשוי כקנה בעל פיה צרה ומספר נקבים שבאמצעותם ניתן לנגן תווים.
וִיהִי כְבֹאֲךָ שָׁם הָעִיר וּפָגַעְתָּ חֶבֶל נְבִאִים יֹרְדִים מֵהַבָּמָה וְלִפְנֵיהֶם נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכִנּוֹר וְהֵמָּה מִתְנַבְּאִים.
- 2ארכאיצופר של אוניית קיטור.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khalil is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חָלִיל
- Written without vowel points
- חליל
- Said
- khalil
- Root
- ח־ל־ל
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- חֲלִילִים
- Inflections
- ר' חֲלִילִים; חֲלִיל־, ר' חֲלִילֵי־
- Gematria
- 78
This is how Khalil is said in other languages.
- English
- flute, pipe, whistle
- Arabic
- خليل, نَاي, زَمْر
- Russian
- флейта
- French
- flûte
- Spanish
- flauta
- German
- Flöte, Querflöte
These words rhyme with Khalil.
The word Khalil is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Khalil comes from the root ח־ל־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Khalil in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khalil.
What does Khalil (חליל) mean in Hebrew?
Khalil (חליל) means flute, pipe, and whistle. It is said khalil, with the stress on lil.
What rhymes with Khalil (חליל)?
Words that rhyme with Khalil (חליל) include צליל, גליל, גיל, רגיל, חיל, and אליל.
Is Khalil (חליל) masculine or feminine?
The word Khalil (חליל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חֲלִילִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חליל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.