Lexical Definition

‎חִיל‎ chîyl (kheel) agony ^H:N-M
and (feminine) חִילָה chîylâh (khee-law'); from ‎חוּל‎

pain, pang, sorrow.

• a throe (expectant of childbirth)

1) pain, agony, sorrow, a writhing, anguish
1a) writhing (of fear)
1b) anguish

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Extended Information

• Also means: chi.lah (‎ח‎ִ‎יל‎ָ‎ה‎ "agony" חִיל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חִיל‎ noun masculine^{Exod 15:14} a writhing, anguish; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Exod 15:14 + 5 t. —

1. writhing (contortions of fear) Exod 15:14 (|| verb ‎רָגַז‎).

2. anguish, always in simile ‎כַּיּוֺלֵדָה‎ Ps 48:7* (allied kings against Jerusalem); Zion, before Assyrians Mic 4:9 before Scythians or Chaldeans Jer 6:24 (|| ‎צָרָה‎), = Jer 50:43 (of king of Babylon; || ‎צָרָה‎); Jer 22:23 (|| ‎חבלים‎ q. v.)

‎חִילָה‎ noun feminine anguish, Job 6:10.

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