Niph. Impf. יֵחָ˜בֶט Is. 28:27 fennel ( קֶצַח ) beaten out בַּמַּטֶּה .

חֲבָיָה ^, חֲבַיָּה ^, חֳבָיָה v. sub חבה ^.

חֶ˜בְיֹון S 2253 TWOT 590a GK 2470 v. sub חבה ^.

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חָבַל S 2254 TWOT 592, 592a, 593, 594, 595, 596 GK 2471, 2472, 2473 ] vb. bind, pledge

( Arabic حَبَلَ ( ḥabala ) bind; cf. Aramaic ܚܒܰܠ , ܚܰܒܶܠ ( ḥbal, ḥabel ) travail; חֲבַל pledge (but rare and dub. ); especially ܚܒܠܴܐ ( ḥblo ) cord, field , חַבְלָא cord , ܚܶܒܠܴܐ ( ḥeblo ), חֶבְלָא pain , especially of travail; Sab. חבל border-territory , or field , SabDenkm ^48.49; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ṭabala ) Zim ^{BP 93 n.}, comp. Assyrian
naḫbalu , rope, snare ) — Qal Pf. חָבָ˜ל Ez 18:16 Impf. יַחֲבֹל Dt 24: 6; 2 ms. תַּחֲבֹל Dt 24:1 7; תַּחְבֹּל Ex 22:25 Jb 22: 6; יַחְבְּלוּ Jb 24: 3;
יַחְבֹּ˜לוּ Jb 24: 9; Imv. sf. חַבְלֵהוּ Pr 20:1 6; 27:13 ; Inf. abs. חָבֹל Ex 22:25 ; Pt. act. חֹבֵל Dt 24: 6, cf. חֹבְלִים Zc 11: 7, 14 (name of מַקֵּל ); pass. חֲבֻלִים Am 2: 8;— 1. bind , only in חֹבְלִים , name of one of Zec.’s symbolic staves, Zc 11:7 , 14 symbol. of fraternity. Especially 2. bind by taking a pledge of, hold by a pledge , sq. acc. pers. Pr 20:1 6; 27:13 Jb 22: 6; take or hold in pledge , sq. acc. rei Ex 22:25 (JE), Dt 24:6 ^(×2), 17 Jb 24: 3; sq. acc. cogn. חֲבֹל Ez 18:1 6; עַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּ˜לוּ Jb 24:9 prob. pregn. ( v. D i) take pledges (getting power) over the poor; בְּגָדִים חֲבֻלִים Am 2:8 garments taken in pledge . Niph. Impf. יֵחָ˜בֶל לֹו Pr 13:13 becometh pledged to it (i.e. pledged to pay the penalty, opp. יְשֻׁלָּ˜ם ), so Ew Hi De Now Str RV ^m V B. > sub II. חָבַל q.v. Pi. Pf. 3 fs.

VB Variorum Bible. dub. dubious, doubtful. Sab. Sabean. SabDenkm Sabäische Denkmäler, edd. Mordmann & Müller . Zim H.Zimmern, Babylonische Busspsalmen .
act. active.
acc. pers. acc. of person.
acc. rei acc. of thing.

×2 two times. acc. cogn. acc. . of cognate meaning with verb. opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. Ew H. Ewals.

De Franz Delitzsch. Now W. Nowack. Str H. L. Strack.