1) rampart, fortress, wall 1a) rampart 1b) fortress Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)
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H2426 — חֵל
chel · rampart · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 20:15 · בַּחֵ֑לAnd Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,1 Kings 21:23 · בְּחֵ֥לAnd the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’Psalm 122:7 · בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְMay there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”Isaiah 26:1 · וָחֵֽל׃In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.Lamentations 2:8 · חֵ֥לThe LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.Obadiah 1:20 · הַֽחֵל־And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.Nahum 3:8 · חֵ֣ילAre you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?