Job 24:9

יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

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וְעַתָּה כִּבְשַׂר אַחֵינוּ בְּשָׂרֵנוּ כִּבְנֵיהֶם בָּנֵינוּ וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ כֹֽבְשִׁים אֶת-בָּנֵינוּ וְאֶת-בְּנֹתֵינוּ לַֽעֲבָדִים וְיֵשׁ מִבְּנֹתֵינוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֵנוּ וּשְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ לַֽאֲחֵרִֽים׃

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

2 Kings 4:1

וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵֽי-הַנְּבִיאִים צָֽעֲקָה אֶל-אֱלִישָׁע לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת-יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת-שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֹ לַֽעֲבָדִֽים׃

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

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This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.

יִ֭גְזְלוּ Dechi — a lesser break מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here וְֽעַל עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ Silluq — end of the verse

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יִ֭גְזְלוּ

Root word away, spoiled, plucked, rob, robbed, …

Dictionary form: גָּזַל · ɡaw-DZAHL

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Vqi3mp

Verb — Qal, Imperfect (Yiqtol), third person masculine plural simple action — "he did" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "they"

יִגְזְלוּ

Speech Verb Stem Qal Type Imperfect (Yiqtol) Person Third Person Gender Masculine Number Plural

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In English

In the KJV here: they pluck

hath spoiled ×3 and plucked ×2 rob ×2 and exercised ×1 and spoiled ×1 and take them by violence ×1 and they robbed ×1 and to take away ×1

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rob — Direct, everyday term; best for personal theft by force.

seize — Broader forceful taking; suits legal or military contexts.

plunder — Implies large-scale or predatory stripping of goods.

snatch — Conveys sudden, violent grabbing; vivid and colloquial.

strip away — Emphasizes total removal; good for oppression contexts.

extort — Highlights coercive power dynamic; suits social-justice passages.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB1588 H1497

I. גָּזַל verb tear away, seize, rob (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician גזל Niph`al, Aramaic גְּזַל, & (Nas.) ; Arabic cut off) —

Qal Perfect גָּזַל Job 20:19; Ezek 18:18, גָּזָ֑ל Lev 5:23 +2 t., גָּזַלְתִּי Ps 69:5 etc.; Imperfect יִגְזֹל Ezek 18:7, וַיִּגְזֹל 2Sam 23:21; 1Chr 11:23 etc.; Infinitive גְּזֹל Isa 10:2 Participle active גּוֺזֵל Prov 28:24 suffix גֹּזְלוֺ Ps 35:10 plural construct גֹּזְלֵי Mic 3:2 passive גָּזוּל Deut 28:29 + 4 t.; — tear away, rob, with object of thing (movable), flock (עֵדֶר) Job 24:2, ass Deut 28:31, women Judg 21:23 compare Gen 31:31 (E), tear away orphan child from breast Job 24:9 יתום מִשֹּׁד, snatch a spear from enemy's hand 2Sam 23:21 = 1Chr 11:23 figurative of drying up snow-water Job 24:19 (object stationary) take violent possession of, well of water Gen 21:25 (E), house Job 20:19, fields Mic 2:2 (hyperb.) the skin Mic 3:2 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb = seize, plunder, object גְּזֵלָה Lev 5:23 (P) Ezek 18:7; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 18:16, גָּזֵל Ezek 18:18; Ezek 22:29 indefinite Ps 69:5 figurative, object מִשְׁפָּט Isa 10:2 with object person robbed Ps 35:10; Prov 22:22; Prov 28:24, probably also Judg 9:25 compare Lev 19:13 (H; absolute); compare also passive Deut 28:29 (|| עָשׁוּק); הציל גָּזוּל מיד עושׁק Jer 21:12 compare Jer 22:3; Mal 1:13 גָּזוּל (|| פִּסֵּחַ lame and חוֺלֶה sick), probably that rescued after seizure by wild beasts, therefore mutilated. Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular וְנִגְזְלָה, subject sleep Prov 4:16 לא || (יִשְׁנוּׅ.

Strong's Definition H1497

away, spoiled, plucked, rob, robbed, …

gāzal

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force

(Qal)

to tear away, rob

to be robbed

Variations 25 forms of this word

Translations 27 English renderings

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Word Parts

מִ שֹּׁ֣ד

מִ

Prefix — preposition from, out of

שֹּׁ֣ד

Root word breasts, breast, paps, teats

Dictionary form: שַׁד · shahd

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar R/Ncmsa

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

מִ	Speech Preposition
שֹּׁד	Speech Noun Type Common Gender Masculine Number Singular State Absolute

In English

In the KJV here: from the breast

breasts ×5 the breasts ×3 the breast ×2 also thy breasts ×1 and my breasts ×1 and thy breasts ×1 from the breast ×1 from the breasts ×1

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breast — Most natural, widely understood modern term; default choice.

bosom — Slightly more poetic; suits lyrical or intimate contexts.

chest — More neutral and anatomical; avoids gendered connotations.

nipple — Precise anatomical term when nursing or suckling is in view.

teat — Retained from KJV only in animal/pastoral contexts; rarely used of humans.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB8474 H7701 H7699

I. שֹׁד, שׁוֺד (see below) noun masculine violence, havoc, devastation, ruin; — ׳שׁ absolute Hos 7:13 +; construct Isa 22:4 +; —

1. violence, havoc, as social sin: חָמָס וָשֹׁד Amos 3:10; Jer 6:7; Jer 20:5; Ezek 45:2, ׳וְח ׳שׁ Hab 1:3, כָּזָב ׳וָשׁ Hos 12:2 (1. וָשָׁוְא, ᵐ5 We Marti a.), וָשֶׁבֶר ׳שׁ Isa 59:7; Isa 60:18; Prov 24:2 (|| עָמָל;רְשָׁעִים ׳שׁ Prov 21:7 with genitive object עֲנִיִּים ׳שׁ Ps 12:6.

2. devastation, ruin, for nation Hos 7:13, כְּשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבוֺא Isa 13:6 (simile of ׳יוֺם י) = Joel 1:13; Isa 16:4 (Lo Gr Che^Hpt Marti שֹׁדֵד; || רֹמֵס), Isa 22:4, וְשֶׁבֶר ׳שׁ Isa 51:19; Jer 48:3 more generally Amos 5:9 (twice in verse); for individual Job 5:21 (van d. H. שׁוֺד), vJob 5:22 for beasts Hab 2:17 (+ חֲמַס לְבָנוֺן). — Hos 10:14 see שׁדד Infinitive — מִשּׁד (הָֽלְכוּ) Hos 9:6 read אַשּׁוּר We Now Marti. — II. שֹׁד, see שׁדה. below

שַׁדַּי see below אַשְׁדוֺד; > here, Thes and others

BDB8476 H7699

[שַׁד] noun masculine^{Hos 9:14} female breast; — absolute שָׁ֑ד Lam 4:3 elsewhere dual שָׁדַיִם Hos 9:14 +, construct שְׁדֵי Ezek 23:21 +, suffix שָׁדַי Song 1:13; Song 8:10, שָׁדַיִךְ Song 4:5 +, etc.; — breast:

1. of woman Hos 2:4; Ezek 16:7; Ezek 23:3; Ezek 23:21 (שְׁדֵי נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ, || דַּדַּיִךְ), vEzek 23:34 (> strike out ᵐ5 Manuscripts Co; — all these of personified People), Song 1:13; Song 4:5; Song 7:4; Song 7:8; Song 7:9; Song 8:8; Song 8:10 of mother Ps 22:10, with יָנַק suck Song 8:1; Job 3:12; Joel 2:15; Hos 9:14 (see [ צָמַק]); ׳מִשּׁ עֲתִיקֵי Isa 28:9 i.e. those already weaned, mature (|| גְּמוּלֵי מֵךְָלָב). — Isa 32:12 see [ספד].

2. of animal Lam 4:3.

3. both human and animal, וָרָ֑חַם ׳בִּרְכוֺת שׁ Gen 49:25 (poem in J).

BDB8477 H7699

II. שֹׁד noun masculine id. (compare the rare Arabic , Lane³³³ Ba^{ZMG ii. 637}); — ׳שׁ absolute, of mother Job 24:9 construct (figurative, with יָנַק): מְלָכִים ׳שׁ Isa 60:16, תַּנְחֻמֶיהָ ׳שׁ Isa 66:11, i.e. the consolations of Jerusalem.

Strong's Definition H7699

breasts, breast, paps, teats

šad

the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)

breast, bosom, (female) breast

breast (of woman)

Variations 15 forms of this word

Translations 17 English renderings

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יָת֑וֹם

Root word fatherless, children, orphans, child

Dictionary form: יָתוֹם · yaw-TOME

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Ncmsa

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

יָתוֹם

Speech Noun Type Common Gender Masculine Number Singular State Absolute

In English

In the KJV here: the fatherless

the fatherless ×13 of the fatherless ×7 and the fatherless ×6 fatherless ×3 for the fatherless ×3 and fatherless ×1 his fatherless children ×1 in thee the fatherless ×1

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orphan — Most direct modern equivalent; broadly understood.

fatherless child — Emphasizes paternal loss; useful in poetic or legal contexts.

parentless child — More inclusive; good when full parental loss is implied.

vulnerable child — Captures social helplessness; suits advocacy or wisdom passages.

bereaved child — Highlights grief dimension; fits lament or prophetic rhetoric.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB3844 H3490

יָתוֺם noun [masculine] orphan (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַתְמָא, ; Phoenician יתם; Arabic pupil, orphan) — יָתוֺם Exod 22:21 + 29 t.; plural יְתוֺמִים v.Exod 22:23 + 8 t.; suffix יְתֹמֶיךָ Jer 49:11 יְתֹמָיו Isa 9:16 לִיתוֺמָיו Ps 109:12 — orphan, i.e. fatherless (|| אַלְמָנָה) Exod 22:23; Ps 109:9; Lam 5:3 (|| אַין אָב); Job 24:9; Ps 109:12 probably also Exod 22:21; Deut 10:18; Deut 14:29; Deut 16:11; Deut 16:14; Deut 24:17; Deut 24:19; Deut 24:20; Deut 24:21; Deut 26:12; Deut 26:13; Deut 27:19; Ps 94:6; Ps 146:9; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10; Mal 3:5 (in all these, mentioned as helpless, exposed to injury, || אַלְמָנָה and גֵּר); similarly, || אַלְמָנָה Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 29:12; Job 31:17; Ps 68:6; Isa 1:17; Isa 1:23; Isa 9:16; Isa 10:2; without אלמנה Hos 14:4; Job 6:27; Job 31:21; Ps 10:14; Ps 10:18; Prov 23:10; Jer 5:28 (in no case clear that both parents are dead).

Strong's Definition H3490

fatherless, children, orphans, child

yātôm

a bereaved person

an orphan, fatherless

Variations 12 forms of this word

Translations 15 English renderings

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וְֽ עַל

וְֽ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

עַל

Preposition child, infant

Dictionary form: עוּל · ool

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar C/R

Preposition

וְֽ	Speech Conjunction
עַל	Speech Preposition

In English

In the KJV here: of

an infant ×1 her sucking child ×1

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infant — Broad, clinical; suits most narrative and poetic contexts.

nursing baby — Highlights dependence on mother's milk explicitly.

newborn — Emphasizes extreme youth; good for birth-narrative contexts.

suckling — Retains nursing nuance; slightly formal but not archaic.

baby — Most colloquial; accessible for general-audience translations.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB5878 H5764

עוּל noun masculine sucking child, suckling; — construct יָמִים ׳ע Isa 65:20 a suckling of days, i.e. a few days old; suffix עוּלָהּ Isa 49:15 (|| בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ).

Strong's Definition H5764

child, infant

ʿûl

a babe

suckling, sucking child

Variations 2 forms of this word

Translations 2 English renderings

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עָנִ֥י

Root word poor, afflicted, lowly

Dictionary form: עָנִי · aw-NEE

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Aamsa

Adjective — masculine singular, absolute state

עָנִי

Speech Adjective Type Adjective Gender Masculine Number Singular State Absolute

In English

In the KJV here: the poor

the poor ×18 of the poor ×7 am poor ×5 of the afflicted ×5 from the poor ×2 o poor ×2 the afflicted ×2 to the poor ×2

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poor — Broadest modern equivalent; fits most contexts naturally.

needy — Emphasizes lack of resources; good for socioeconomic contexts.

oppressed — Highlights external cause of suffering; suits justice passages.

afflicted — Modernizes KJV rendering; stresses hardship and distress.

downtrodden — Vivid; best for prophetic or poetic passages of lament.

humble — Captures lowly/meek nuance; suits wisdom and piety contexts.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB6210 H6035 H6041

עָנָי (?; Lag^{BN 48}) noun masculine poor, afflicted, humble, meek; — עָנָו Num 12:3 (Kt; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the ָ֯ according to Di Kö^{ii. 1. 76}); elsewhere plural עֲנָוִים Isa 29:19 + 11 t. + Kt עֲנָוִים Isa 32:7; Ps 9:19 (Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים Ps 9:13; Ps 10:12; Prov 3:34; Prov 14:21; Prov 16:19 (Kt עניים); construct עַנְוֵי Zeph 2:3 + 2 t., + Kt ענוי (Qr עֲנִיֵּי) Amos 8:4 (so Job 24:4 van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb) — these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfs^{op. cit. 62 f.} Dr^{'Poor' in} Hastings^DB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = passive humbled, afflicted); —

1. poor, needy, Prov 14:21 (Qr).

2. poor and weak. oppressed by rich and powerful Amos 2:7; Isa 29:19; Isa 32:7 (Kt); ענוי (ה)ארץ Ps 76:10; Isa 11:4; Zeph 2:3; Amos 8:4 (Kt), Job 24:4.

3. poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) Ps 10:17; Ps 22:27; Ps 25:9 (twice in verse); Ps 34:3; Ps 37:11; Ps 69:33 (עָנִי 3, also in all these Psalms), Ps 147:6; Ps 149:4; Isa 61:1 (|| נשׁברי לב, compare Isa 66:2 עָנִי 3), Ps 9:19 (Kt) vPs 9:13; Ps 10:12 (Qr).

4. humble, lowly, meek Num 12:3 (Moses); Prov 3:34; Prov 16:19 (both Qr).

BDB6213 H6041

עָנִי adj poor, afflicted, humble; — ׳ע Deut 24:12 + 51 t.; plural עֲיִּים Isa 3:15 + 6 t.; construct עֲנִיֵּי Isa 10:2 + 4 t. (see also Kt and Qr below עָנָו above); suffix עֲנִיֶּיךָ Ps 72:2; Ps 74:19, עֲנִיֶּ֑ךָ Deut 15:11, עֲנִיָּו Isa 49:13 feminine singular עֲנִיָּה Isa 51:21; Isa 54:11 ( + Isa 10:30 ᵑ0, but read עֲנִיהָ, see I. ענה); —

1. poor, needy, || אביון Deut 15:11; Deut 24:14. 15 Prov 31:20, || יתום Job 24:9; Exod 22:24 (E), Deut 24:12 having right to gleanings Lev 19:10; Lev 23:22 (H); ׳יְמֵי ע Prov 15:15, compare Prov 14:21 (Kt).

2. poor and weak, oppressed by the rich and powerful Isa 3:14; Isa 3:15; Isa 32:7 (Qr), Isa 58:7; Isa 29:12; Isa 36:6; Isa 36:15; Prov 30:14; Eccl 6:8; Ezek 18:17; Zech 7:10; Job 24:4, also Amos 8:4 (Qr); || דל Job 34:28; Prov 22:22 עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי Isa 10:2 עני ואביוך Job 24:14; Prov 31:9; Jer 22:16; Ezek 16:49; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 22:29.

3. poor, weak, afflicted Israel, or pious in Israel afflicted by wicked nations or the wicked in Israel itself Ps 10:2; Ps 10:9 (twice in verse); Ps 14:6 (dubious, compare Ps 53:6) Ps 102:1 (or proper name), Isa 14:32; Hab 3:14 of Zion, עֲנִיָּה Isa 51:21; Isa 54:11 ׳שׁד ע Ps 12:6 ׳יחיד וע Ps 25:16 עני ואביון Ps 35:10; Ps 37:14; Ps 40:18 = Ps 70:6; Ps 74:21; Ps 86:1; Ps 109:16; Ps 109:22, plural Isa 41:17 עני וְכוֺאֵב Ps 69:30 וָרָשׁ ׳ע Ps 82:3 ׳עֱנוּת ע Ps 22:25 וְגֹוֵעַ ׳ע Ps 88:16 || דל Isa 26:6; Zeph 3:12 וּנְכֵהרֿוּחַ ׳ע Isa 66:2 — Zech 11:7; Zech 11:11 see II. כְּנַעֲנִי; — God does not forget them Ps 9:13 (Kt); Ps 9:19 (Qr); Ps 10:12 (Kt) Ps 74:19, but has compassion on them Isa 49:13, saves Ps 34:7, delivers Ps 35:10, and bestows various favours Ps 68:11; Ps 140:13, the king also judges Ps 72:2; Ps 72:4, and delivers Ps 72:12.

4. humble, lowly, Zech 9:9 (victorious king); opposed to לֵצִים Prov 3:34 (Kt); opposed to גֵּאִים Prov 16:19 (Kt); עם עני opposed to רמות עינים Ps 18:28 = 2Sam 22:28.

BDB9783 H6031 H6035 H6041

II. ענה (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew III. ענה, עָנָו, עָנִי).

Strong's Definition H6041

poor, afflicted, lowly

ʿānî

depressed, in mind or circumstances

poor, afflicted, humble, wretched

poor, needy

Variations 18 forms of this word

Translations 36 English renderings

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יַחְבֹּֽלוּ

Root word destroy, pledge, take, destroyed, forth, …

Dictionary form: חָבַל · haw-BAHL

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Vqi3mp

Verb — Qal, Imperfect (Yiqtol), third person masculine plural simple action — "he did" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "they"

יַחְבֹּֽלוּ

Speech Verb Stem Qal Type Imperfect (Yiqtol) Person Third Person Gender Masculine Number Plural

Verb Chart

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In the KJV here: and take a pledge

and take a pledge ×3 to destroy ×3 shall be destroyed ×2 take ×2 and destroy ×1 brought thee forth ×1 corruptly ×1 he travaileth ×1

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destroy — Best for contexts of ruin or devastation.

take as pledge — Preferred in legal/economic lending contexts.

ruin — Slightly softer than destroy; suits moral corruption contexts.

corrupt — Use when the sense is moral or spiritual degradation.

seize as collateral — Modern financial register; precise for debt passages.

writhe in labor — Rare; use only when childbirth imagery is explicit.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB2497 H2254

I. [חָבַל] verb bind, pledge (Arabic bind; compare Aramaic , travail; חֲבַל pledge (but rare and dubious); especially cord, field, חַבְלָא cord, , חֶבְלָא pain, especially of travail; Sabean חבל border-territory, or field, SabDenkm^48.49; Ethiopic Zim^{BP 93 n.}, compare Assyrian na—balu, rope, snare (but — = )) —

Qal Perfect חָבָ֑ל Ezek 18:16 Imperfect יַחֲבֹל Deut 24:6 2 masculine singular תַּחֲבֹל Deut 24:17 תַּחְבֹּל Ezek 22:25; Job 22:6 יַחְבְּלוּ Job 24:3 יַחְבֹּ֑לוּ Job 24:9 Imperative suffix חַבְלֵהוּ Prov 20:16; Prov 27:13 Infinitive absolute חָבֹל Exod 22:25 Participle active חֹבֵל Deut 24:6, compare חֹבְלִים Zech 11:7; Zech 11:14 (name of מַקֵּל); passive חֲבֻלִים Amos 2:8 —

1. bind, only in חֹבְלִים, name of one of Zechariah's symbolic staves, Zech 11:7; Zech 11:14 symbolic of fraternity. Especially

2. bind by taking a pledge of, hold by a pledge, followed by accusative of person Prov 20:16; Prov 27:13; Job 22:6 take or hold in pledge, followed by accusative of thing Exod 22:25 ( J E), Deut 24:6 (twice in verse); Deut 24:17; Job 24:3 followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb חֲבֹל Ezek 18:16 עַלעָֿנִי יַחְבֹּ֑לוּ Job 24:9 probably pregnant (see Di) take pledges (getting power) over the poor; בְּגָדִים חֲבֻלִים Amos 2:8 garments taken in pledge. Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָ֫בֶל לוֺ Prov 13:13 becometh pledged to it (i.e. pledged to pay the penalty, opposed to יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם), so Ew Hi De Now Str RVm VB. > below II. חָבַל q. v. Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular חִבְּלָה Song 8:5 חִבְּלַתְךָ Song 8:5 Imperfect יְחַבֶּלֿ Ps 7:15 — writhe, twist, hence travail; of mother Song 8:5 (twice in verse) (with accusative of child; || יְלָדָ֑תְךָ); metaphor of wicked man יְחַבֶּלאָֿ֑וֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃ Ps 7:15.

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II. חָבַל verb act (ruinously) corruptly (Late Hebrew id. wound, injure; Arabic corrupt or render unsound (the mind, a limb, etc.), be deranged (in mind); Assyrian —abâlu, injure, VR^{62, 11}; Aramaic , חַבֵּל corrupt, ruin; Ethiopic be arrogant, audacious; Sabean חֿבל DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 48}; compare Palmyrene חבל mortuus Vog^{No. 161} and often) —

Qal Perfect 1 plural חָבַלְנוּ Neh 1:7 Imperfect 1 singular אֶחְבֹּל Job 34:31 Infinitive construct (used as absolute) Neh 1:7 — act corruptly against, חֲבֹל חבלנו לְ Neh 1:7 absolute Job 34:31. Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָ֫בֶל לוֺ Prov 13:13 shall be ruined (לְ reflexive), Thes Rob-Ges AV RV, but < I. חָבַל (q. v.) Pi`el ruin, destroy: Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְחִבֵּל את מעשׂה ידיך Eccl 5:5, subject God. Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Mic 2:10 that destroyeth, even with sore destruction; but read rather ׳נ ׳תְּחֻבְּלוּ ח ye shall be destroyed with etc., so ᵐ5 Roo Che. Infinitive construct לְחַבֵּל with accusative, the poor Isa 32:7, the land Isa 13:5 absolute Isa 54:16 compare Participle plural מְחַבְּלִים Song 2:15 with accusative of foxes ruining vineyards. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular וְחֻבַּל consecutive Isa 10:27 of yoke, be ruined, broken, si vera lectio; RS^{JPh xiii. 1885, p. 62} proposes יחדל, compare also Che^{critical note}.; and remark by Di Du; 3 feminine singular חֻבָּ֑לָה Job 17:1 my spirit is broken (|| יָמַי נִזְעָ֑כוּ); Imperfect 2 masculine plural תְּחֻבְּלוּ Mic 2:10 (emendation: see above)

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[חֲבַל] verb Pa`el destroy, hurt (see Biblical Hebrew II. חבל); — Perfect 3 masculine plural suffix חַבְּלוּנִי Dan 6:23 (of lions); Imperative masculine plural suffix חַבְּלוּהִי Dan 4:20 (suffix of tree); Infinitive לְחַבָּלָה Ezra 6:12 (accusative of temple). Hithpa. be destroyed: Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּתְחַבַּל Dan 2:44; Dan 6:27; Dan 7:14 (בַּ֑ל-; all of kingdom of God).

Strong's Definition H2254

destroy, pledge, take, destroyed, forth, …

ḥābal

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

to bind

(Qal)

to bind

(Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge

(Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend

(Piel) to writhe, twist, travail

Variations 25 forms of this word

Translations 21 English renderings

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