Strong's Definition
from 2853; a swathing cloth (figuratively)
KJV Usage: swaddling band
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲתֻלָּה (cha.tul.lah) — swaddling. swaddling-band, navel-band
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חתל
Coverings | Clothing
swaddling band = strip ◄ of cloth; ► wrapped tightly around a newly born baby to keep it warm; ≈ here used figuratively to describe how God wrapped the water in clouds when he created the earth
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חֲתֻלָּה] n.f. swaddling-band—only Jb 38:9 ref
