Lexical Definition

‎חֲשַׁל‎ chăshal (khash-al') to shatter ^A:V
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to ‎חָשַׁל‎

subdue.

• to weaken, i.e. crush

1) (P'al) to subdue, crush, shatter

See Greek: δαμάζω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: חָשַׁל

• Aramaic of cha.shal (‎ח‎ָ‎ש‎ַׁ‎ל‎ "be feeble" חָשַׁל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חֲשַׁל‎] verb shatter by a blow (Assyrian —ašâlu, shatter, perhaps thresh; Late Hebrew ‎חָשַׁל‎ Pi`el shatter: Jewish-Aramaic ‎חֲשַׁל‎ forge, hammer, Syriac forge, furbish; Buhl¹⁴ compare ᵑ7 ‎חוּשְׁלָא‎ barkley-groats (as pounded, beaten), and perhaps Assyrian —ûlu, barley; Nö^{M 135} compare Arabic thrust, drive away (Frey), ᵑ7 ‎נַחְשׁוֺל‎ storm (y sea; compare in English beaten, buffetted by waves; Assyrian loan-word Ba^{ZA ii. 117}), Syriac id.); —

Pe`al Participle active ‎חָשֵׁל‎ Dan 2:40 (accusative of thing).

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