2342. chuwl
Lexical Summary
chuwl: to whirl, dance, writhe
Original Word: חוּל
Transliteration: chuwl
Phonetic Spelling: (khool)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to whirl, dance, writhe
Meaning: to twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert
Strong's Concordance
bear, make to bring forth, make to calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously with pain

Or chiyl {kheel}; a primitive root; 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; figuratively, to wait, to pervert -- 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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2342. chuwl

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

verb see NöZMG. 1883, 536) —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָ֫לָהMicah 1:12 2t.; וְחָלָה֫‎ consecutive Hosea 11:6; חַלְתִּיIsaiah 23:4; חָ֫לוּJeremiah 5:3 (but see below), Lamentations 4:6; וְחָלוּ֫Deuteronomy 2:25; חַ֫לְנוּIsaiah 26:18; Imperfect יָחוּלJeremiah 23:19; 30:23; 3feminine singular תָּחוּלEzekiel 30:16 Qr (Kt Co תחיל‎); וַתָּחֹ֑לJeremiah 51:29; אחולה4:19 Kt (Qr אוֺחִילָה‎, Hiph`il יחל‎); יָחֻ֫לוּ2 Samuel 3:29; but also יָחִילPsalm 55:5 (Job 20:21 see II. חול‎); וַיָּ֫חֶל1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3 + Genesis 8:10 (where read probably וַיִּיָּ֫חֶל‎ as 8:12; = וַיְיַחֵל‎ Ol Di); 3 feminine singular תָּחִילIsaiah 26:17 2t. + Ezekiel 30:16 Kt (compare above); וַתָּ֑חֶלPsalm 97:4; 2feminine singular תְּחִלִיןIsaiah 45:10; וָחִילוּPsalm 77:17+ 3t. (10:5 see II. חול‎); וַיָּחִ֫ילוּJudges 3:25; יְחִילוּןIsaiah 13:8; תָּחִ֫ילוּJeremiah 5:22; Imperative feminine singular חוּ֫לִיMicah 4:10; Psalm 114:7; masculine plural חִילוּ96:9; 1 Chronicles 16:30; Infinitive construct (לָ)חוּלJudges 21:21; Ezekiel 30:16 ( = Infinitive absolute); Participle feminine singular חוֺלָהJeremiah 4:31 see Gf Gie and Ges§ 72 R. 1; —

1 dance Judges 21:21 (בַּמְּחֹלוֺת לָחוּל‎).

2 twist, writhe:

a. in pain, especially childbirth Isaiah 26:17; 45:10 ׳מַהתֿח‎ ("" מהתֿוליד‎; metaphor, of sea 23:4 ("" ילד‎); Israel 26:18 ("" חרה‎), 54:1 ("" ילד‎); Zion 66:7-8, ("" id.), Micah 4:10 ("" גֹּ֫חִי‎, simile כיולדה‎; compare see 9), Jeremiah 4:31.

b. figurative, be in severe pain, or anguish (mostly in poetry and elevated prose), followed by מפניDeuteronomy 2:25 ("" רגז‎, compare also מַּחַד‎ and יִרְאָה‎ va); Ezekiel 30:16; Psalm 96:9; Jeremiah 5:22 ("" ירא‎); followed by מִלִּפְנֵי1 Chronicles 16:30; Psalm 114:7; absolute 55:5 ("" עלי נפלו מָוֶת אימות‎), Jeremiah 4:19 Kt, Psalm 77:17 ("" רגז‎) 97:4; Isaiah 13:8; 23:5; Jeremiah 51:29 ("" רָעַשׁ‎), Joel 2:6; Zechariah 9:5 ("" ירא‎), probably also 1 Samuel 31:3 (compare 28:5) = 1 Chronicles 10:3, compare Öttli; figurative of mountains Habakkuk 3:10.

c. in contrition Jeremiah 5:3, חָ֫לוּ‎ derived from חול‎ Ew Gf Gie; < ᵑ6‎ Ra Hi Ke and others from חלה‎ (wrongly accented; see חלהQal 2).

d. in anxious longing בּוֺשׁ עַדJudges 3:25, followed by לְMicah 1:12 (on Genesis 8:10, compare above)

3 whirl, whirl about יוֺאָב עַלרֿאֹשׁ‎ (i.e. blood — דמים‎ — of Abner, from sword) 2 Samuel 3:29; of attack of sword itself Hosea 11:6 ("" אכל כִּלָּה,‎), compare Lamentations 4:6 ידים בה חָ֫לוּ לא‎; of tempest יחול רשׁעים ראשׁ עלJeremiah 23:19 (v:a מִתְחוֺלֵל סער‎) = 30:23 (v:a מִתְגּוֺרֵר סַעַר‎).

Po`lel. Imperfect יְחוֺלֵלPsalm 29:9; 3feminine singular תְּחוֺלֵלProverbs 25:23; suffix תְּחוֺלֶלְכֶםIsaiah 51:2; 2masculine singular תְּחוֺלֵלJob 35:14; וַתְּחוֺלֵלPsalm 90:2; Infinitive construct חֹלֵלJob 39:1; Participle מְחוֺלֵלProverbs 26:10; מְחֹלֶלְךָDeuteronomy 32:18; מְחֹלְלֶוֺתJudges 21:23; — 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalm 87:7 see below; on חֹלְלָהJob 26:13 see חלל‎; —

1 dance Judges 21:23, so perhaps also 1 Samuel 18:6 (read ᵐ5 הַמְּחֹלְלוֺת‎ We Dr; and חֹלֲלִים‎ participle (מ‎ omitted) Psalm 87:7 RV Pe De Che Bae; compare Qal 1).

2 writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetry), of Sarah, mother of Israel, Isaiah 51:2 ("" אֲבִיכֶם אַבְרָהָם‎); of hinds Job 39:1; Psalm 29:9 (causative ); figurative of ׳י‎s producing earth 90:2 ("" יֻלָּד֑וּ‎); of his bringing forth Israel (with difficulty, see Di) Deuteronomy 32:18 of north wind bringing forth rain Proverbs 25:23; כִּ֑ל מְחוֺלֵל רַב26:10 a master produceth everything (on transitive see VB; Ew and others derive from חללwound).

3 wait anxiously (compare Qal 2 d), followed by לְJob 35:14 (Elihu).

Po`lal. Perfect חוֺלָ֑לתִּיPsalm 51:7 2t.; חוֺלָ֑לְתָּJob 15:7; Imperfect יְחוֺלָ֑לוּ26:5; —

1 be made to writhe Job 26:5 (הָֽרְפָאִים‎).

2 be brought forth Job 15:7 ("" תִּוָּלֵד‎), Psalm 51:7 ("" יחם‎), metaphor of wisdom Proverbs 8:24-25,.

Hiph`il Imperfect יָחִילPsalm 29:8 (twice in verse) cause to be an anguish, with accusative מִדְבָּר‎, subject ׳י‎.

Hoph`al Imperfect יוּחַלIsaiah 66:8 be born (= travailed with, Che), subject אֶרֶץ‎ ("" גוי יִוָּלֵד‎).

Hithpo`el 1. Participle מִתְחוֺלֵלwhirling מתח ׳סַעַרJeremiah 23:19 ( = מִתְגּוֺרֵר סער30:23).

2 writhing, suffering torture Job 15:20 (of life of wicked).

3 Imperative הִתְחוֺלֵלPsalm 37:7 wait longingly followed by לְfor, "" דּוֺם‎.

Hithpalpel Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּתְחַלְחַלEsther 4:4 and she writhed in anxiety.

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

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








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