חֵ֥יל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֵ֥יל

   KHEL

   the army or force
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חֵ֥יל מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם

   KHEL ME-lekh-a-RAM

   the army or force the king of Aram or Syria
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜ עַל־מֶ֤לֶךְ אֲרָם֙ וְלֹ֤א נִשְׁעַ֙נְתָּ֙ עַל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־כֵּ֗ן נִמְלַ֛ט חֵ֥יל מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LAV be-hish-SHA-en-kha al-ME-lekh a-RAM ve-LO nish-a-NA-ta al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha al-KEN nim-LAT KHEL ME-lekh-a-RAM mi-ya-DE-kha

   and he said to him in your relying on the king of Aram or Syria and not you relied on the LORD your God therefore has escaped the army or force the king of Aram or Syria from your hand
4. sentence🔊 וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא בָּ֚א חֲנָ֣נִי הָרֹאֶ֔ה אֶל־אָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜ עַל־מֶ֤לֶךְ אֲרָם֙ וְלֹ֤א נִשְׁעַ֙נְתָּ֙ עַל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־כֵּ֗ן נִמְלַ֛ט חֵ֥יל מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃

   u-va-ET ha-HI BA kha-na-NI ha-ro-E el-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yo-MER e-LAV be-hish-SHA-en-kha al-ME-lekh a-RAM ve-LO nish-a-NA-ta al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha al-KEN nim-LAT KHEL ME-lekh-a-RAM mi-ya-DE-kha

   and at the time that came Hanani the seer to Asa king of Judah and he said to him in your relying on the king of Aram or Syria and not you relied on the LORD your God therefore has escaped the army or force the king of Aram or Syria from your hand

Exegesis

The result marker ‘al-kēn {עַל־כֵּ֗ן | ‘al-kēn} introduces the outcome: nimlaṭ {נִמְלַ֛ט | nim-laṭ} ‘escaped,’ referring to the Aramean ḥēyl {חֵ֥יל | ḥēyîl} slipping from miyādeḵā {מִיָּדֶֽךָ | mi-yā-ḏe-ḵā}. English employs subject–verb–object order and idiomatic phrasing to convey the prophetic rebuke and its theological point on trust.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־י־לChet–Yod–Lamed

“strength, army”

• 🔊 חַיִלḥayīlvalorProverbs 31:10