--- title: חֲבַל — destroy · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: חֲבַל (lemma:חֲבַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: destroy. BDB 1906: vb. destroy, hurt. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5dc.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)‎ / חֲבַל‎ # חֲבַל «חֲבַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **destroy** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲבַל · **BDB:** חֲבַל ### Glosses it.will.be.destroyed (3); destroy (2); they (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) destroy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. destroy, hurt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. destroy, hurt (v. BH II. חבל);—Pf. 3 mpl. sf. חַבְּלוּנִי Dn 6:23 (of lions); Imv. mpl. sf. חַבְּלוּהִי 4:20 (sf. of tree); Inf. לְחַבָּלָה Ezr 6:12 (acc. of temple). be destroyed: Impf. 3 fs. לָא תִּתְחַבַּל Dn 2:44; 6:27; 7:14 (-בַּ֑ל; all of kingdom of God). ### Jastrow 1903 חֲבַל I: to wrong, be violent to injure; to ruin, destroy Part. pass mutilated, blemished to travail to be corrupted, destroyed Ithpe. to get sick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** , fut. יַחְבּוֹל same, to wrong, be violent. Targ. Job XXXIV, 31. to injure; to ruin, destroy \&c. (corresp. to b. h. הִשְׁחִית). Targ. O. Lev. XIX, 27. Targ. Gen. VI, 12; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְחַבַּל mutilated, blemished. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 2. Targ. Mal. I, 14.—B. Kam. 87ᵃ אי בעי מְחַבֵּל בה לא מצי חַבֵּיל Ms. M. (ed. מתח׳, incorr.) if he desired to wound her (his daughter), he dared not. to travail. Denom. מְחַבַּלְתָּא. to be corrupted, destroyed. Targ. Gen. VI, 11, sq. Targ. Job XVII, 1; a. e. \[Targ. Ps. LXII, 11, v. הֲבַל.\]—Ithpe. אִיחֲבַל to get sick. B. Mets. 97ᵃ ואי׳ ומית Ms. H. (ed. חֲבִיל). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (12 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חֲבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.23/) אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃ *Word for word:* God my he.sent angel his and he.closed the.mouth of the.lions and not they harmed.me as to because that before him innocence it.was.found to me and also before you O king a.hurtful.act not I.have.done *JPS 1917:* My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.' [Ezra 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.12/) וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ *Word for word:* and (the) God who he.has.caused.to.dwell name his there may.he.overthrow every king and people who he.will.stretch.out hand his to violate to destroy the.house of.(the) God this which \[is\].in Jerusalem I Darius I.make a.decree diligently let.it.be.done *JPS 1917:* and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.' - ← previous: [חֲבוּלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5d5_5bc_5dc_5b8_5d4.md) - next →: [חֲבָל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b8_5dc.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)