• חֹבְלִים S 2256 TWOT 592b GK 2482 n. [ m. ] pl. union (lit. binders ) name of Zec.’s second symbolic staff Zc 11:7 and c. art. v 1 4. See חָבַל 1 .

• [ תַּחְבֻּלָה ^] n.f. direction, counsel ( prob. orig. of rope -pulling, i.e. steering, directing a ship, v. חֹבֵל , so Thes ; v. De Pr 1:5 ) ;—only pl. and only WisdLt . תַּחְבֻּלֹות abs. Pr 1:5 + 3 times; cstr. Pr 12: 5; sf. תַּחְבּוּלֹתָ˜ו Jb 37:1 2— direction, guidance (i.e. by God) Jb 37:12 (of thunder cloud); counsels of wicked ( רשׁעים ) Pr 12:5 ( opp. מַחְשְׁבֹות צדיקים ); gen. good, wise counsels Pr 1: 5; 11:14 ( || רֹב יועֵץ ), 24:6 ( || id. ); 20:18 ( || עֵצָה ).

חָבַל S 2254 TWOT 592, 592a, 593, 594, 595, 596 GK 2471, 2472, 2473 vb. act (ruinously) corruptly ( NH id. wound, injure; Arabic خَبَلَ ( ḫabala ) corrupt or render unsound (the mind, a limb, etc.), خَبِلَ ( ḫabila ) be deranged (in mind); Assyrian ḫabâlu , injure , VR ^{62, 11}; Aramaic ܚܰܒܶܠ ( ḥabel ), חַבֵּל corrupt, ruin; Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜

( taḥabala ) be arrogant, audacious; Sab. חֿבל DHM Epigr. Denkm. 48 ; cf. Palm. חבל mortuus Vog ^{No. 161} and often ) — Qal Pf. 1 pl. חָבַלְנוּ Ne 1: 7; Impf. 1 s. אֶחְבֹּל Jb 34:31 ; Inf. cstr. (used as abs. ) Ne 1:7 ;— act corruptly against, חֲבֹל חבלנו לְ Ne 1:7 ; abs. Jb 34:3 1. Niph. Impf. יֵחָ˜בֶל לֹו Pr 13:13 shall be ruined ( לֵ reflex.), Thes RobGes AV R V, but < I. חָבַל ( v. p. 286). Pi. ruin, destroy: Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְחִבֵּל את מעשׂה ידיך Ec 5: 5, subj. God. Impf. 3 fs. תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Mi 2:10 that destroyeth , even with sore destruction; but read rather תְּחֻבְּלוּ ח׳ נ׳ ye shall be destroyed with etc., so Ö Roorda Che . Inf. cstr. לְחַבֵּל c. acc ., the poor Is 32:7 , the land 13:5 ; abs. 54:1 6; cf. Pt. pl. מְחַבְּלִים Ct 2:15 c. acc. of foxes ruining vineyards. Pu. Pf. 3 ms. וְחֻבַּל consec. Is 10:27 of yoke, be ruined, broken , si vera l. ; RS ^JPh. xiii. 1885, p. 62 proposes יחדל , cf. also Che ^{crit. n.};

coll. collective. WisdLt Wisdom Literature. DHM D. H. Müller, Epigrophische Denkmäler, or Epigr. Denm. aus Arabien , or Epigr. Denkm. aus Arabien, or Epigr. Denkm. aus Abessinien
Palm. Palmyrene.

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AV Authorized Version. RV Revised Version. RS W. Robertson Smith.

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