חֶ֫בֶל
che.vel
“Mahalab”
Definition
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
חֶ֫בֶל appears 55 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
‘I will give you the land of Canaanas the portion of your inheritance.’
To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
Look upon Zion,the city of our appointed feasts.Your eyes will see Jerusalem,a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;its tent pegs will not be pulled up,nor will any of its cords be broken.
A noose is hidden in the ground,and a trap lies in his path.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him;the cords of his sin entangle him.
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