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title: חִילָה — anguish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִילָה (lemma:חִילָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: anguish. BDB 1906: n.f. anguish. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִילָה

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«חִילָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **anguish** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חִילָה · **BDB:** חִילָה

### Glosses

anguish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

anguish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. anguish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. anguish, Jb 6:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.10/)

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וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד ׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and may.it.be still comfort my and may.I.jump in anguish \[which\].not it.relents (dm) not I.have.hidden \[the\].words of.\[the\].holy.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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