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חָבַל

«חָבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: act (ruinously) corruptly — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 15 times · Key: lemma:חָבַל · BDB: חָבַל²

Glosses

ruin (3); I.will.act.corruptly (1); [which].ruin (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

act (ruinously) corruptly tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. act (ruinously) corruptly tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. act (ruinously) corruptly (NH id. wound, injure; Arabic خَبَلَ corrupt or render unsound (the mind, a limb, etc.), خَبِلَ be deranged (in mind); Assyrian ḫabâlu, injure, VR62, 11; Aramaic ܚܰܒܶܠ, חַבֵּל corrupt, ruin; Ethiopic ተሐበለ be arrogant, audacious; Sab. חֿבל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 48; cf. Palm. חבל mortuus VogNo. 161 and often)— Pf. 1 pl. חָבַלְנוּ Ne 1:7; Impf. 1 s. אֶחְבֹּל Jb 34:31; Inf. cstr. (used as abs.) Ne 1:7;—act corruptly against, חֲבֹל חבלנו לְ Ne 1:7; abs. Jb 34:31. Impf. יֵחָ֫בֶל לוֹ Pr 13:13 shall be ruined (לֵ reflex.), Thes RobGes AV RV, but חָבַל (v. p. 286). ruin, destroy: Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְחִבֵּל את מעשׂה ידיך Ec 5:5, subj. God. Impf. 3 fs. תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Mi 2:10 that destroyeth, even with sore destruction; but read rather תְּחֻבְּלוּ ח׳ נ׳ ye shall be destroyed with etc., so 𝔊 Roorda Che. Inf. cstr. לְחַבֵּל c. acc., the poor Is 32:7, the land 13:5; abs. 54:16; cf. Pt. pl. מְחַבְּלִים Ct 2:15 c. acc. of foxes ruining vineyards. Pf. 3 ms. וְחֻבַּל consec. Is 10:27 of yoke, be ruined, broken, si vera l.; RSJPh. xiii. 1885, p. 62 proposes יחדל, cf. also Checrit. n.; and rem. by Di Du; 3 fs. חֻבָּ֑לָה Jb 17:1 my spirit is broken (‖ יָמַי נִזְעָ֑כוּ); Impf. 2 mpl. תְּחֻבְּלוּ Mi 2:10 (emend.: v. supr.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָבַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 34:31

כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵ֭ל הֶאָמַ֥ר נָשָׂ֗אתִי לֹ֣א אֶחְבֹּֽל׃

Word for word: (dm) to God has anyone.said? I.have.borne not I.will.act.corruptly

JPS 1917: For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;

Job 17:1

רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃

Word for word: spirit my it.is.broken days my they.are.extinguished grave(s) [belong].to me

JPS 1917: My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

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