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title: חֵיל — rampart · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵיל (2426), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: rampart. BDB 1906: n.m. rampart, fortress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵיל

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«חֵיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rampart** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 2426 · **BDB:** חֵל

### Glosses

rampart (5); a.rampart (1); the.fortress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rampart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2426/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rampart, fortress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2426/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ob 20 rampart, fortress (perhaps orig. surrounding wall, cf. Sab. Denkm 91 n.2)—abs. חֵיל Na 3:8, חֵל La 2:8 + 3 times (+ ψ 10:10 Qr v. חלכה); cstr. חֵל 1 K 21:23; sf. חֵילֵךְ ψ 122:7, חֵילָהּ Zc 9:4; חֵילָה = חֵילָהּ ψ 48:11, Ol§ 40 c. 75 g. 96 e Sta§ 347 c;— rampart (defined by Jews as בֶּן חוֹמָה, i.e. a little wall, cf. Ki s.v.), of an outer fortification 2 S 20:15 (others, by meton., of space between outer and inner fortif., incl. moat, v. Dr Kit); Is 26:1 La 2:8 (both ‖ חוֹמוֹת); in gen. of defences, or sea-power of Tyre וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ Zc 9:4 (v. StaZAW i. 1881, 15), of No-Amon (Thebes) אֲשֶׁר חֵיל יָם מִיָּם חוֹמָתָהּ Na 3:8; of Zion ψ 122:7, also 48:14 (חילה = חֵילָהּ, cf. supr.; both ‖ ארמנותיך).—For חֵל 1 K 21:23 read prob. חֵלֶק, q.v. fortress גָּלֻת הַחֵל הַזֶּה Ob 20 the exiles of this fortress (Hi-St; Or AVRV this army, חֵל = חַיִל).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2426/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 122:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.7/)

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יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be peace in rampart your security in fortresses your

*JPS 1917:* Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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[Psalms 48:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.14/)

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שִׁ֤יתוּ לִבְּכֶ֨ם ׀ לְֽחֵילָ֗ה פַּסְּג֥וּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֥עַן תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ לְד֣וֹר אַחֲרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* set heart your to rampart its walk.through fortresses its so.that you.may.recount to a.generation later

*JPS 1917:* Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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