חִבְּלָה Ct 8: 5; חִבְּלַתְךָ Ct 8: 5; Impf. יְחַבֶּל־ ψ 7:15 ;— writhe, twist , hence travail; of mother Ct 8:5 (×2) ( c. acc. of child; || יְלָדָ˜תְךָ ); metaph. of wicked man יְחַבֶּל־אָ˜וֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃ ψ 7:15 .
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I
.
חֶ˜בֶל
S
2256
TWOT
592b, 594a
GK
2474, 2475, 2476
n.m.
Jos 2:14
f.
•Zp 2:6
(but
v. infr.
)
cord, territory, band
;
ח׳
abs.
Jos 2:15
+;
cstr.
Dt 3:4
+,
חֵ˜בֶל
Jos 19:29
;
sf.
חַבְלֹו
Jb 18:1
0;
pl.
חֲבָלִים
2 S 8:2
+
10 times
+
Ez 47:13 Jb 21:7
v. infr
.;
cstr.
חַבְלֵי
Jos 17:5
+
5 times;
חֶבְלֵי
ψ 116:3
+
4 times
+
ψ 18:5
(read
משׁברי
v. infr
.);
sf.
חֲבָלָ˜יִךְ
Is 33:2
3;
חֲבָלָיו
Is 33:2
0;—
1.
cord, rope
, by which men were lowered
Jos 2:15
(JE),
Je 38:6
,
11
,
12
,
13
, or stones dragged
2 S 17:13
; of tents
Is 33:20
; tackling of ship
v
2
3; for binding
Ez 27:24 Jb 40:25 Est 1:
6; symbol of captivity or subjection
1 K 20:31
,
32
;
fig.
of snare for wicked
Jb 18:10
(
||
מַלְכֻּדְתֹּו
), set by wicked
ψ 140:6
(
||
פַּח
);
ψ 119:61
cords of wicked men have surrounded me;
of wicked held
בחבלי חַטָּאתֹו
Pr 5:22
;
הַשָּׁ˜וְא ח׳
Is 5:18
cords
(
ropes
)
of wickedness
(
||
הָעֲגָלָה כַּעֲבֹות
); of cords of distress (
עֹ˜נִי
)
Jb 36:8
(
||
זִקִּים
); so
חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת
(prob.)
ψ 116:3
,
חֶבְלֵי שׁאֹול
ψ 18:6
=
2 S 22:6
(
||
מֹוקְשֵׁי
מָוֶת
);—for
חֶבְלֵי מות
ψ 18:5
read
מִשְׁבְּרֵי
,
v.
2 S 22:5
and
||
נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל
,
De Che Ba
e; to draw
בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם
Ho 11:4
(i.e.
humanely
, kindly); of cord of life
חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף
Ec 12:
6.
2.
measuring-cord, line
ח׳ מִדָּה
Zc 2:
5; so
ח׳
alone
2 S 8:2
(×3) Am 7:17 Mi 2:5
ψ 78:55
;
fig.
(of favoured life)
ψ 16:5
; in gen. of one’s portion, fortune
Jb 21:17
according to
å
Thes
Add.
Ew Di
al.
, but
< v.
חֵבֶל
. Thence
3.
measured portion, lot, part, region
,
ח׳ נַחֲלָה
inherited portion
Dt 32:9 1 Ch 16:18
=
ψ 105:11
; also
ח׳
alone
Jos 17:5
,
14
;
19:9 Ez 47:13
(
חבלים
;
É å
read as dual,
v. Ew Sm Da
al.
;
Co del.
on intern. grounds); of particular regions
ח׳ אַרְגֹּב
Dt 3:
4,
13
,
14 1 K 4:1
3;
ח׳ אַכְזִיב
RV
Revised Version margin.
q.v.
quod vide.
f.
feminine,
feminae.
infr.
infra,
below.
v
verse.
Bae F. Baethgen.
×3 three times. Thes W. Gesenius, Thesaurus Linguae Hebraeae . ÉÑ Vulgate.
Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). Da A. B. Davidson.
Co C. H. Cornill. del. dele, strike out (also delet, delent ).