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חֵל, חֵיל noun masculine Obad 1:20 rampart, fortress (perhaps originally surrounding wall, compare SabDenkm91 n. 2) — absolute חֵיל Nah 3:8, חֵל Lam 2:8 + 3 t.;(+ Ps 10:10 Qr see חלכה ); construct חֵל 1Kgs 21:23 suffix חֵילֵךְ Ps 122:7, חֵילָהּ Zech 9:4 חֵילָה = חֵילָהּ Ps 48:14, Ol§ 40 approximately 75g. 96 e Sta§ 347 c; —
1.
rampart (defined by Jews as בֶּן
חוֺמָה, i.e. a little wall, compare Ki under the word),
of an outer fortification 2Sam 20:15 (others, by metonymy, of space between outer and inner
fortification, including moat, see Dr
Kit); Isa 26:1; Lam 2:8 (both || חוֺמוֺת); in general of defences, or
sea-power of Tyre וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ
Zech 9:4 (see
StaZAW i.1881, 15), of No-Amon (Thebes) אֲשֶׁר חֵיל
יָם מִיָּם חוֺמָתָהּ
Nah 3:8 of Zion
Ps 122:7,
also Ps 48:14
(חילה = חֵילָהּ, compare above; both || ארמנותיך). —
For חֵל
1Kgs 21:23
read probably
חֵלֶק
, q. v.
2.
fortress
גָּלֻת הַחֵל הַזֶּה
Obad 1:20
the exiles of this fortress (Hi-St; Or,
AV
RV
this army, חֵל = חַיִל).