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# חֵיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2426

**rampart** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rampart (5); a rampart (1); the fortress (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2426.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2426/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).