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Hebrew wordlink #332107

OSHB Lam 2:8 חֵל (ḩēl) Strongs=2426 Lemma=‘חֵיל’
contextual word gloss=‘rampart’ word gloss=‘rampart’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-588

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Only use of identical word form ‘חֵל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֵל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘rampart’.

Hebrew words (7) other than חֵל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘rampart’

2 SAM 20:15 בַּחֵל (baḩēl) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘חֵיל’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘by, rampart’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, rampart’ OSHB 2 SAM 20:15 word 12

OET-LV: 15 And_they _came and_they _laid _siege on/upon/above_him/it in house _of maˊₐkāh and_they _poured _out a _mound against the_city and_it _stood by_rampart and_all the_people which was_with Yōʼāⱱ were_about _to _destroy to_make _fall the_wall. (SA2_20:15)

OET-RV: 15 Yoav’s men arrived and Avel-Beyt-Maacah. They heaped a siege ramp up against the city, and also pounded the wall to try to make it collapse. (SA2 20:15)

1 KI 21:23 בְּחֵל (bəḩēl) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘חֵיל’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, the_rampart_of’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, bounds_of’ OSHB 1 KI 21:23 word 10

OET-LV: 23 And_also of_ʼĪzeⱱel/(Jezebel) YHWH he _has _spoken to_say the_dogs they _will _devour DOM ʼĪzeⱱel in_the _rampart _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel). (KI1_21:23)

OET-RV: 23 Also concerning Izevel, Yahweh says that the dogs will eat her body by Yezreel’s city wall. (KI1 21:23)

PSA 48:14 לְחֵילָה (ləḩēylāh) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘חֵיל’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, its_of, rampart’ morpheme glosses=‘to, ramparts_of, her’ OSHB PSA 48:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14  set heart _of_your(pl) to_its _of_rampart walk _through fortresses _of_its so _that you(pl)_may _recount to_a _generation later. (PSA_48:14)

OET-RV: 14 because this god is our god forever and ever.
⇔ ≈ He will be our guide all the way through to death. (PSA 48:14)

PSA 122:7 בְּחֵילֵךְ (bəḩēylēk) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘חֵיל’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, your_of, rampart’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, walls_of, your’ OSHB PSA 122:7 word 3

OET-LV: 7 May _it _be peace in_your _of_rampart security in_your(pl)_of_fortresses. (PSA_122:7)

OET-RV: 7 May there be peace within your walls—
⇔ peace within your fortresses. (PSA 122:7)

ISA 26:1 וָחֵל (vāḩēl) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘חֵיל’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, a_rampart’ morpheme glosses=‘and, ramparts’ OSHB ISA 26:1 word 14

OET-LV: 26 in _the_day (the)_that it _will _be _sung the_song the_this in_land of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) a _city _of strength to/for_us salvation he _sets walls and_a _rampart. (ISA_26:1)

OET-RV: 26 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 26:1)

NAH 3:8 חֵיל (ḩēyl) Lemma=‘חֵיל’ contextual word gloss=‘rampart_of’ word gloss=‘rampart_of’ OSHB NAH 3:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 Have_you _been _made _good more_than _Noʼ/(Thebes) Amon which_was_dwelling among_canals water was_all _around to/for_her/it which rampart _of was_the_sea was_from_sea wall _of_its. (NAH_3:8)

OET-RV: ⇔  8 Are you better than Thebes city was,
⇔ where the Nile surrounded and protected her?
⇔ ≈ Where the water was one of her secure walls. (NAH 3:8)

ZEC 9:4 חֵילָהּ (ḩēylāh) Lemmas=‘חַיִל’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘rampart_of, its’ morpheme glosses=‘wealth_of, her’ OSHB ZEC 9:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 There my_master he_will _impoverish _it and_he _will _strike in_sea rampart _of_its and_she by_fire it _will _be _consumed. (ZEC_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 Listen, my master will dispossess her and throw her wealth into the sea, and she’ll be consumed by fire. (ZEC 9:4)