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H2342

H2342 — חוּל חִיל

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Strong's Number:H2342
Word:חוּל חִיל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:62
Transliteration:chuwl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khool (or chiyl {kheel}) v.
Meaning:1. (properly) to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear 2. (figuratively) to wait, to pervert
KJV Renderings:bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

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BDB2608

I. חוּל [חִיל] verb whirl, dance, writhe (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., dance; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1665] change, turn; Assyrian —îlu , writhe in fear DlPr 191 (on — = [untranscribed source text 1666] see DHMZK i. 357); on form of Hebrew verb see NöZMG. 1883, 536) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָ֫לָה Mic 1:12 + 2 t.; וְחָלָה֫ consecutive Hos 11:6 חַלְתִּי Isa 23:4 חָ֫לוּ Jer 5:3 (but see below), Lam 4:6 וְחָלוּ֫ Deut 2:25 חַ֫לְנוּ Isa 26:18 Imperfect יָחוּל Jer 23:19; Jer 30:23 3 feminine singular תָּחוּל Ezek 30:16 Qr ( Kt Co תחיל); וַתָּחֹ֑ל Jer 51:29 אחולה Jer 4:19 Kt ( Qr אוֺחִילָה, Hiph`il יחל); יָחֻ֫לוּ 2Sam 3:29 but also יָחִיל Ps 55:5 (Job 20:21 see II. חול ); וַיָּ֫חֶל 1Sam 31:3 = 1Chr 10:3 + Gen 8:10 (where read probably וַיִּיָּ֫חֶל as Gen 8:12 = וַיְיַחֵל Ol Di); 3 feminine singular תָּחִיל Isa 26:17 + 2 t. + Ezek 30:16 Kt (compare above); וַתָּ֑חֶל Ps 97:4 2 feminine singular תְּחִלִין Isa 45:10 וָחִילוּ Ps 77:17+ 3 t. (Ps 10:5 see II. חול ); וַיָּחִ֫ילוּ Judg 3:25 יְחִילוּן Isa 13:8 תָּחִ֫ילוּ Jer 5:22 Imperative feminine singular חוּ֫לִי Mic 4:10; Ps 114:7 masculine plural חִילוּ Ps 96:9; 1Chr 16:30 Infinitive construct (לָ)חוּל Judg 21:21; Ezek 30:16 ( = Infinitive absolute); Participle feminine singular חוֺלָה Jer 4:31 see Gf Gie and Ges«GKC:72»§ 72 R. 1; —
1. dance Judg 21:21 (לָחוּל בַּמְּחֹלוֺת).
2. twist, writhe:
a. in pain, especially childbirth Isa 26:17; Isa 45:10 ׳ מַהתֿח (|| מהתֿוליד; metaphor, of sea Isa 23:4 (|| ילד ); Israel Isa 26:18 (|| חרה), Isa 54:1 (|| ילד); Zion Isa 66:7; Isa 66:8 (|| id.), Mic 4:10 (|| גֹּ֫חִי, simile כיולדה; compare see 9), Jer 4:31.
b. figurative, be in severe pain, or anguish (mostly in poetry and elevated prose), followed by מפני Deut 2:25 (|| רגז, compare also פַּחַד and יִרְאָה va); Ezek 30:16 ; Ps 96:9; Jer 5:22 (|| ירא); followed by מִלִּפְנֵי 1Chr 16:30 ; Ps 114:7 absolute Ps 55:5 (|| אימות מָוֶת נפלו עלי), Jer 4:19 Kt , Ps 77:17 (|| רגז) Ps 97:4; Isa 13:8; Isa 23:5; Jer 51:29 (|| רָעַשׁ ), Joel 2:6; Zech 9:5 (|| ירא), probably also 1Sam 31:3 (compare 1Sam 28:5) = 1Chr 10:3, compare Öttli; figurative of mountains Hab 3:10.
c. in contrition Jer 5:3, חָ֫לוּ derived from חול Ew Gf Gie; < ᵑ6 Ra Hi Ke and others from חלה (wrongly accented; see חלה Qal 2).
d. in anxious longing עַד בּוֺשׁ Judg 3:25, followed by לְ Mic 1:12 (on Gen 8:10 , compare above)
3. whirl, whirl about עַלרֿאֹשׁ יוֺאָב (i.e. blood — דמים — of Abner, from sword) 2Sam 3:29 of attack of sword itself Hos 11:6 (|| כִּלָּה, אכל), compare Lam 4:6 לא חָ֫לוּ בה ידים; of tempest על ראשׁ רשׁעים יחול Jer 23:19 (v:a סער מִתְחוֺלֵל) = Jer 30:23 (v:a סַעַר מִתְגּוֺרֵר).
Po`lel. Imperfect יְחוֺלֵל Ps 29:9 3 feminine singular תְּחוֺלֵל Prov 25:23 suffix תְּחוֺלֶלְכֶם Isa 51:2 2 masculine singular תְּחוֺלֵל Job 35:14 וַתְּחוֺלֵל Ps 90:2 Infinitive construct חֹלֵל Job 39:1 Participle מְחוֺלֵל Prov 26:10 מְחֹלֶלְךָ Deut 32:18 מְחֹלְלֶוֺת Judg 21:23 — 1Sam 18:6; Ps 87:7 see below; on חֹלְלָה Job 26:13 see חלל ; —
1. dance Judg 21:23, so perhaps also 1Sam 18:6 (read הַמְּחֹלְלוֺת ᵐ5 We Dr; and חֹלֲלִים participle (מ omitted) Ps 87:7 RV Pe De Che Bae; compare Qal 1).
2. writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetry), of Sarah, mother of Israel, Isa 51:2 (|| אַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם); of hinds Job 39:1; Ps 29:9 (causative ); figurative of ׳ י's producing earth Ps 90:2 (|| יֻלָּד֑וּ); of his bringing forth Israel (with difficulty, see Di) Deut 32:18 of north wind bringing forth rain Prov 25:23 רַב מְחוֺלֵל כִּ֑ל Prov 26:10 a master produceth everything (on transitive see VB ; Ew and others derive from חלל wound).
3. wait anxiously (compare Qal 2.d.), followed by לְ Job 35:14 (Elihu).
Po`lal. Perfect חוֺלָ֑לתִּי Ps 51:7 + 2 t.; חוֺלָ֑לְתָּ Job 15:7 Imperfect יְחוֺלָ֑לוּ Job 26:5 —
1. be made to writhe Job 26:5 (הָֽרְפָאִים).
2. be brought forth Job 15:7 (|| תִּוָּלֵד), Ps 51:7 (|| יחם ), metaphor of wisdom Prov 8:24; Prov 8:25.
Hiph`il Imperfect יָחִיל Ps 29:8 (twice in verse) cause to be an anguish, with accusative מִדְבָּר, subject ׳ י.
Hoph`al Imperfect יוּחַל Isa 66:8 be born (= travailed with, Che), subject אֶרֶץ (|| יִוָּלֵד גוי).
Hithpo`el
1. Participle מִתְחוֺלֵל whirling ׳ סַעַר מתח Jer 23:19 ( = סער מִתְגּוֺרֵר Jer 30:23).
2. writhing, suffering torture Job 15:20 (of life of wicked).
3. Imperative הִתְחוֺלֵל Ps 37:7 wait longingly followed by לְ for, || דּוֺם.
Hithpalpel Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּתְחַלְחַל Esth 4:4 and she writhed in anxiety.

BDB2621

II. [חול, חִיל] verb be firm, strong (Aramaic Pa`el strengthen, חֵילָא, [untranscribed source text 1668] strength; Palmyrene רב חילא רבא general-in-chief VogNo. 28 and others; Sabean חֿיל SabDenkm91 (on חֿל in Sabean: proper name see HalJAS Juin, 1872, 533); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1669] be strong, [untranscribed source text 1670] strength, army, [untranscribed source text 1671] strong; Assyrian —â(i)ltu , army Flood Tabl.iii. 22 ( —aiialtu JägerBAS i. 461); possibly compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1672] horses (as strong ones? compare Ps 33:17)) — only

Qal Imperfect in לֹא יָחִיל טוּבוֺ Job 20:21 his prosperity is not firm (does not endure); יָחִילוּ דְרָכָוּ֯ בְּכָלעֵֿת Ps 10:5 his ways are always firm (stable, prosperous), so Ol De Pe Che and others

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חול (gheel)

Deuteronomy 2:25

KJV: This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
EHCC: and be in anguish because of thee.

Isaiah 23:4

KJV: Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
EHCC: 7 travail not, nor bring forth children,

Isaiah 26:18

KJV: We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
EHCC: we have been in pain,

Isaiah 54:1

KJV: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
EHCC: thou (that) didst not travail with child:

Isaiah 66:8

KJV: Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
EHCC: for as soon as Zion travailed,

Jeremiah 5:3

KJV: O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
EHCC: but they have not grieved ;

Lamentations 4:6

KJV: For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity
EHCC: no hands stuyed on her.

Judges 21:21

KJV: And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
EHCC: daughters of Shiloh come out to dasce

Ezekiel 30:16

KJV: And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
EHCC: Sin shall have great pain, (lit.tn hovisg |

1 Chronicles 16:80

EHCC: Fear before him, all the earth:

Psalms 96:9

KJV: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.in the…: or, in the glorious sanctuary
EHCC: fear before him, all the earth,

Psalms 114:7

KJV: Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
EHCC: Tremble, thou earth, at the preseuce of

Micah 4:10

KJV: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
EHCC: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth,

Genesis 8:10

KJV: And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
EHCC: And he stayed yet other seven days; i

Judges 3:25

KJV: And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
EHCC: And they tarried till they were

2 Samuel 3:29

KJV: Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.fail: Heb. be cut off
EHCC: Let it rest on the head of Joab,

1 Chronicles 10:38

EHCC: and he was wounded of the archers.

Job 20:21

KJV: There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.none…: or, be none left for his meat
EHCC: therefore shall no man look for his goods

Psalms 10:5

KJV: His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
EHCC: His ways are always grievous ;

Psalms 29:8

KJV: The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
EHCC: the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord

Psalms 55:4

KJV: My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
EHCC: (5). My heart is sore pained within me:

Psalms 77:16

KJV: The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
EHCC: (17).they were afraid : the depths also

Psalms 97:4

KJV: His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
EHCC: the earth saw, and trembled.

Isaiah 13:8

KJV: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.be amazed: Heb. wonderone…: Heb. every man at his neighbourflames: Heb. faces of the flames
EHCC: they shall be in pain as a woman

Isaiah 23:5

KJV: As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
EHCC: shall they be sorely pained

Isaiah 26:17

KJV: Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
EHCC: the time of her delivery, ts in paia,

Isaiah 45:10

KJV: Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
EHCC: What hast thou brought forth?

Isaiah 66:7

KJV: Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
EHCC: Before she travailed, she brought forth;

Jeremiah 4:19

KJV: My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.my very…: Heb. the walls of my heart
EHCC: [am pained at my very heart;

Jeremiah 5:22

KJV: Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
EHCC: will ye not tremble at my presence,

Jeremiah 23:19

KJV: Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
EHCC: it ‘haut Jeu Zaakoee! (eben the head )

Jeremiah 30:23

KJV: Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.continuing: Heb. cuttingfall…: or, remain
EHCC: it witl in . OF, remain

Jeremiah 51:29

KJV: And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
EHCC: the and shell tremble “ind sorrows |

Lamentations 3:26

KJV: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
EHCC: good that (a man) should both hope [See

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