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ḥevel חֶ֫בֶלAcord, Bpain, Cunion, Ddestruction’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāval חָבַל ‘to pledge / to destroy / be in labour’
Roots: חבל
Variants: חֶ֫בֶל, חֹבְלִים, חֶ֫בֶל, חֵ֫בֶל

ḥevel n, m
A1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company
 1a) a rope, cord
 1b) a measuring-cord or line
 1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region
 1d) a band or company
B1) pain, sorrow, travail, pang
 1a) pains of travail
 1b) pains, pangs, sorrows
C1) union
D1) destruction

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 3:4, 3:13, 3:14, 32:9 Joshua 17:14, 19:29, 17:5, 2:15, 19:9 1 Samuel 10:5, 10:10 2 Samuel 17:13, 8:2, 22:6 1 Kings 20:31, 20:32, 4:13 Isaiah 33:20, 33:23, 13:8, 66:7, 5:18, 26:17 Jeremiah 38:11, 13:21, 49:24, 38:6, 38:12, 22:23, 38:13 Ezekiel 47:13, 27:24 Hosea 11:4, 13:13 Amos 7:17 Micah 2:5, 2:10 Zephaniah 2:5, 2:7, 2:6 Zechariah 11:7, 11:14, 2:5 Psalms 78:55, 105:11, 16:6, 18:5, 116:3, 140:6, 18:6, 119:61 Proverbs 5:22 Job 21:17, 36:8, 18:10, 39:3, 40:25 Ecclesiastes 12:6 Esther 1:6 1 Chronicles 16:18

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