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 they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.1 Kings 21:23 · בְּחֵ֥לAnd of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.Psalm 122:7 · בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְPeace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.Isaiah 26:1 · וָחֵֽל׃In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.Lamentations 2:8 · חֵ֥לThe LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.Obadiah 1:20 · הַֽחֵל־And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.Nahum 3:8 · חֵ֣ילArt thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about it, whose rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?