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title: חַיִל — power · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חַיִל (lemma:חַיִל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: power. BDB 1906: n.m. power, strength, army. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַיִל

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«חַיִל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **power** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:חַיִל · **BDB:** חַ֫יִל

### Glosses

power (4); army (1); of.power (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

power [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. power, strength, army [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. power, strength, army (v. BH II. חול, חיל);— power: abs. בְּאֶדְרָע וְחָ֑יִל Ezr 4:23 by force and power; קרא בְח׳ i.e. call loudly Dn 3:4, בְּחַיִל 4:11; 5:7; גִּבָּרֵי־ח׳ 3:20 mighty men of power. force, army, sf. חַיְלֵהּ 3:20; cstr. חֵיל שְׁמַיָּא 4:32 (= BH צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם).

### Jastrow 1903

חַיִל

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. חַיִיל.—בְּרוֹר חַ׳, v. בְּרוֹר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (29 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַיִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.4/)

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וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the herald \[was\].proclaiming with power to you \[they.are\].saying O peoples (the) nations and (the) languages

*JPS 1917:* And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

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[Daniel 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.20/)

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וּלְגֻבְרִ֤ין גִּבָּֽרֵי־חַ֙יִל֙ דִּ֣י בְחַיְלֵ֔הּ אֲמַר֙ לְכַפָּתָ֔ה לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לְמִרְמֵ֕א לְאַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and to men mighty.men of.power who \[were\].in army his he.said to bind (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego to throw to the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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