2 Chronicles 14:8:202 Chr.14.8.W20TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:7
חָ֑יִל׃
khayil
“valor or strength”
- Transliteration
- KHA-yil
- Extended
- KHAA-yihl
- IPA
- /ɡib.boːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- valor or strength
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KHA-yil
- phraseyour reading level
gib-bo-RE KHA-yil
- sentence
va-ye-HI-le-A-sa KHA-yil no-SE tsin-NA va-RO-makh mi-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef u-mi-bin-ya-MIN nos-SE ma-GEN ve-dor-KHE KE-shet ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef kul-E-le gib-bo-RE KHA-yil
Exegesis
The construct chain ḥayil nōse ṣinnâh və-rōmaḥ {חַיִל נֹשֵׂא צִנָּה וָרֹמַח | ḥa-yil nō-sē ṣin-nā və-rō-maḥ} denotes “force bearing shield and spear.”
The summary kullām gibborē ḥayil {כֻּלָּם גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | kul-lām gib-bō-rê ḥa-yil} employs a predicative noun to emphasize their valor.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Yod–Lamed
“strength, force, valor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army bearing large shields and spears from Judah—300,000—and from Benjamin, shield bearers and bowmen, 280,000; all were mighty warriors .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 14:8, so the Hebrew word חָ֑יִל׃ (khayil) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.14.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.8.W20.S1) and character.