Lexical Definition

‎חַיִל‎ chayil (khah'-yil) strength ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎חַיִל‎

aloud, army, [idiom] most (mighty), power.

• an army, or strength

1) strength, army, power
1a) power
1b) force, army

Extended Information

Aramaic of: חַיִל

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַ֫יִל‎ noun masculine power, strength, army (see Biblical Hebrew II. ‎חול‎, ‎חיל‎); —

1. power: absolute ‎בְּאֶדְרָע וְחָ֑יִל‎ Ezra 4:23 by force and power; ‎׳‎‎קרא בְח‎ i.e. call loudly Dan 3:4, ‎בְּחַיִל‎ Dan 4:11*; Dan 5:7 ‎׳‎‎גִּבָּרֵיאח‎ Dan 3:20 mighty men of power.

2. force, army, suffix ‎חֵילֵהּ‎ Dan 3:20 construct ‎חֵיל שְׁמַיָּא‎ Dan 4:32* (= Biblical Hebrew ‎צְכָא הַשָּׁמַיִם‎).

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