H2428. chayil

חַ֫יִל‎₂₄₄ noun masculine^{2 Kings 10:2} strength, efficiency, wealth, army; — absolute ׳ח‎ Genesis 47:6 +, חָ֑יִל‎ Psalm 60:14 +, חָ֑יִל‎ Psalm 60:14 +, חֵיל‎ Isaiah 36:2; 2 Kings 18:17; construct חֵיל‎ Exodus 14:28 + (on Psalm 10:10 see חלכה‎); suffix חֵילִי‎ Job 31:25 2t.; חֵילְךָ‎ Jeremiah 15:13 +; חֵילוֺ‎ Exodus 14:4 +, etc.; plural חֲיָלִים‎ 1 Chronicles 7:5 19t.; suffix חֵילֵיהֶם‎ Isaiah 30:6; —

1 strength, usually physical:

a. seldom alone (chiefly in poetry) 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalm 18:33, 40 = 2 Samuel 22:33, 40; also ח ׳נָָּֽברוּ‎ Job 21:7, compare Ecclesiastes 10:10; אֶלחָֿ֑יִל מֵחַיִל‎ Psalm 84:8; ח ׳בְּכֹחַ‎2 Chronicles 26:13; of virility Proverbs 31:3; of ׳י‎s power Psalm 59:12; 110:3, compare Habakkuk 3:19; strength of horse Psalm 33:17; figurative of product of vine and fig-tree Joel 2:22 ("" מְּרִי‎).

b. of result or display of strength ח ׳עשׂה‎ achieve might = do valiantly Numbers 24:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 14:48; Psalm 60:14 = Psalm 108:14; Psalm 118:15-16,.

c. often in phrases ׳גִּבּוֺרֵי(הַ)ח ׳גִּבּוֺר(הַ)ח,‎ hero(es) of strength, mighty man (men) of valour Joshua 1:14 (D), 6:2; 8:3; 10:7 (all J E), Judges 6:12; 11:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 16:18; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Kings 5:1; 15:20; 24:14, 16; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 7:2, 9; 8:40 +?ח גבורי וכל ׳הַגִּבּוֺרִים‎ 28:1; also ׳ג ׳ח‎2 Chronicles 13:3 ("" ׳ג מלחמה‎); ׳ג (הַ)חֲיָלִים‎ 1 Chronicles 7:5, 7, 11, 40; 11:26 (see also גִּבּוֺר‎, p. 150); ׳בְּנֵי(הַ)ח ׳בֶּןֿ(הַ)ח,‎ Deuteronomy 3:18; Judges 18:2 + (see בֵּן‎

8, p. 121); ח ׳אַנְשֵׁי ח, ׳אִישׁ‎ Judges 3:29; 20:44; 20:46; 1 Samuel 31:12; 1 Samuel 11:16; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr; Kt חי‎, on phrase חיל בןאֿישׁ‎ compare Dr) = 1 Chronicles 11:22 (Kt חיל‎), 2 Samuel 24:9; Nahum 2:4; Jeremiah 48:15; 1 Chronicles 10:12; Nehemiah 11:6; Psalm 76:6; ironical ׳א ׳ח שֵׁכָר לִמְסֹךְ‎ Isaiah 5:22 = ("" יין לשׁתות גבורים‎ ); Ecclesiastes 12:3 metaphor of legs.

2 ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth ח ׳אַנְשֵׁי‎ Genesis 47:6 (J), Exodus 18:21, 25 (both E); of a woman ׳ח אֵשֶׁת‎ Proverbs 12:4; 31:10; Ruth 3:11; compare 1 Kings 1:42, 52 (opposed to רעה‎), and especially ח ׳אַנְשֵׁי בָּ֑צַע שׂנְאֵי אֱמֶת אַנְשֵׁי אלהים יִרְאֵי‎ Exodus 18:21(E); חיל עָשָׂה‎ Proverbs 31:29 do worthily, efficiently, perhaps also Ruth 4:11; late (with weakened meaning of גִּבּוֺר‎) הָאלהים בֵּית עֲבוֺדַת מְלֶאכֶת חֵיל גִּבּוֺרֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 9:13, compare ח ׳אישׁ לַעֲבֹדָה בַּכִּחַ‎ 26:8. So also 1 Samuel 10:26 (read ח ׳בְּנֵי‎, see ᵐ5‎ We Dr, men of worth, opposed to בליעל בני‎ 10:27) for ׳ח ᵑ0‎ force, band.

3 wealth Genesis 34:29 = Numbers 31:9 (both P), Deuteronomy 8:17-18, 33:11; Isaiah 8:4; 10:14; 30:6 ("" אוֺצְרֹתָם‎), 60:5 ("" יָם הֲמוֺן‎) 60:11; 61:6; Micah 4:13; Jeremiah 15:13; 17:3 (both "" אצרות‎), Zephaniah 1:13; Ezekiel 26:12; 28:4-5, (twice in verse); Zechariah 14:14; Job 5:5; 15:29; 20:15, 18; 31:25; Psalm 49:7; 49:11; 62:11; 73:12; Proverbs 13:22.

4 force, army, very often Exodus 14:4, 9, 17, 28 (all P), 15:4 (song), 1 Samuel 17:20; 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Kings 6:4, 15; 25:1, 5 (twice in verse); 25:10; 2 Chronicles 13:3 (מלחמה גִּבּוֺרֵי בְּחַיִל‎), 14:7; 16:7; 23:14 +; so usually Jeremiah: Jeremiah 32:2; 34:1 +; frequently Ezekiel: Ezekiel 17:17; 27:10 +; Daniel 11:7, 13, 25 (twice in verse); 11:26; = a band 1 Samuel 10:26 (ᵑ0‎, but see

2, adfin.); of train of Queen of Sheba ׳ח גדול‎ 1 Kings 10:2 2 Chronicles 9:1; כָּבֵד חֵיל‎ Isaiah 36:1 = 2 Kings 18:17 a powerful army (on form compare Sta^{§ 194 c}); also (late) הַצָּבָא חֵיל‎ 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:13, עָם חֵיל‎ Esther 8:11; חֲיָלִים הֲמוֺן‎ Daniel 11:10; ׳שַׂרהֿח‎ 2 Samuel 24:2 = captain of the host, הח ׳שָׂרֵי‎ 24:4; 24:4; הַחֲיָלִים שָׂרֵי‎ captains of armies (bands, divisions) 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:7, 13; 41:11, 13, 16; 42:1, 8; 43:4-5,. החִיל מִּקּוּדֵי‎ Numbers 31:14 (P). — חֵילוּ‎ Ezekiel 32:31 omitted by B Hi Co: for חֵילֵךְ‎ 27:11 read probably a proper name, of a location, compare Da; Co proposes חתלון‎ (compare 47:15; 48:1), Hal^{MÈl. Epigr. 1874, 69} חלך‎ = Cilicia, see Lag^{M i. 211}.

חַ֫יִל‎ noun masculine power, strength, army (see Biblical Hebrew II. חיל חול,‎); —

1 power: absolute וְחָ֑יִל בְּאֶדְרָע‎ Ezra 4:23 by force and power; בְח ׳קרא‎ i.e. call loudly Daniel 3:4, בְּחַיִל‎ 4:11; 5:7; ׳גִּבָּרֵיאח‎ 3:20 mighty men of power.

2 force, army, suffix חֵילֵהּ‎ Daniel 3:20; construct שְׁמַיָּא חֵיל‎ 4:32 (= Biblical Hebrew הַשָּׁמַיִם צְכָא‎).