ḥāval חָבַל ‘Ato pledge, Bto destroy, Cbe in labour’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
a primitive root
Variants: חָבַל, חָבַל
ḥāval v
A1) to bind
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bind
2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge
2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge
2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
B1) to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend
1a) (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend
1b) (Niphal) to be ruined
1c) (Piel) to destroy, ruin
1d) (Pual) to be ruined, be broken
C1) to bring forth, travail
1a) (Piel) to writhe, twist, travail