[חֲשַׁל] verb shatter by a blow (Assyrian —ašâlu, shatter, perhaps thresh; Late Hebrew חָשַׁל Pi`el shatter: Jewish-Aramaic חֲשַׁל forge, hammer, Syriac forge, furbish; Buhl¹⁴ compare ᵑ7 חוּשְׁלָא barkley-groats (as pounded, beaten), and perhaps Assyrian —ûlu, barley; Nö^{M 135} compare Arabic thrust, drive away (Frey), ᵑ7 נַחְשׁוֺל storm (y sea; compare in English beaten, buffetted by waves; Assyrian loan-word Ba^{ZA ii. 117}), Syriac id.); —

Pe`al Participle active חָשֵׁל Daniel 2:40 (accusative of thing).