Strong's Lexicon

H2826

H2826 — חָשַׁל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchashalverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 770

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2826
Word:	חָשַׁל
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	chashal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-shal'
Meaning:	1. to make (intrans. be) unsteady, i.e. weak
KJV Renderings:	feeble.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3223

[חָשַׁל] verb shatter (Biblical Aramaic חֲשַׁל shatter; Late Hebrew Pi`el, || משׁבר; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2030] forge a metal, Arabic [untranscribed source text 2031] drive cattle violently; Assyrian —ašâlu , shatter, destroy Zim^{BP 12} Dl^{Pr 42}) —

Niph`al Participle figurative כָּלֿ הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים Deut 25:18 all the shattered ones, i.e. those broken down, worn out, followed by וְאַתָּה עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ; others think = חלשׁ.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חשל (ghah-shal)

Deuteronomy 25:18

KJV: How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

EHCC: 1ום (that were) feeble