Strong's Definition
a primitive root; 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)
KJV Usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay &Š to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, X very, withhold
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָבַל (cha.val) — to pledge. 1) to bind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind 2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge 2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge 2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
חָבַל (cha.val) — to destroy. 1) to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend 1a) (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend 1b) (Niphal) to be ruined 1c) (Piel) to destroy, ruin 1d) (Pual) to be ruined, be broken Aramaic equivalent: cha.val (חֲבַל "to destroy" H2255)
חָבַל (cha.val) — be in labour. 1) to bring forth, travail 1a) (Piel) to writhe, twist, travail
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֲבֹל · חֶבֶל · חֲבֹלָה
verb · חֶבֶל · חֲבָל · חֲבוּלָה
Impact | verb pi, verb pa, verb nif
to destroy, to ruin, to devastate, to break, to harm = causative action by which someone brings destruction and suffering upon humans and inanimate objects
EZR 6:12 · PRO 13:13 · ECC 5:5 · SNG 2:15 · ISA 13:5 · ISA 32:7 · ISA 54:16 · DAN 4:20 · DAN 6:23 · MIC 2:10
End | verb pu'al, verb hitpa'al | ≈ סור
to break > to bring to an end literally: to break an event; hence: = causative action by which someone brings an event to an end
verb · חֵבֶל
1 MIC 2:10 BDB and KB prefer to read תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל as תְּחֻבְּלוּ חֶבֶל, which turns the verb into a passive, but doesn't really alter its meaning | HOTTP prefers to maintain the interpretation of MT. 2 JOB 24:9 MT ESV | LXX עֻל RSV NIV "infant" NJPS NRSV REB "child" 3 JOB 17:1 Some commentators say that here "spirit" refers to the desire to live rather than to life itself. The immediate context suggests, however, that Job is (at least according to his own observations) about to die | KB "my spirit is disturbed, which is technically possible, but does not fit the context as well as the interpretation that has been chosen here.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָבַל] vb. bind, pledge Qal bind
bind by taking a pledge of
Niph. Impf. becometh pledged to it
Pi. writhe, twist, hence travail
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חָבַל vb. act (ruinously) corruptly Qal act corruptly against
Niph. Impf. shall be ruined
Pi. ruin, destroy
Pu. be ruined, broken
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