לְחַ֧יִל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְחַ֧יִל

   le-KHA-yil

   as an army or as a force
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָי֨וּ לְחַ֧יִל לָרֹ֛ב

   ha-YU le-KHA-yil la-ROV

   were as an army or as a force in abundance
3. clause🔊 הֲלֹ֧א הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים הָי֨וּ לְחַ֧יִל לָרֹ֛ב לְרֶ֥כֶב וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖ים לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד

   ha-LO ha-KU-shim ve-hal-LU-vim ha-YU le-KHA-yil la-ROV le-RE-khev u-le-fa-ra-SHIM le-har-BE me-OD

   was it not the Cushites or Ethiopians and the Lubim or Libyans were as an army or as a force in abundance with chariotry or chariots and horsemen to increase or very many very
4. sentence🔊 הֲלֹ֧א הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים הָי֨וּ לְחַ֧יִל לָרֹ֛ב לְרֶ֥כֶב וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖ים לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥ עַל־יְהוָ֖ה נְתָנָ֥ם בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

   ha-LO ha-KU-shim ve-hal-LU-vim ha-YU le-KHA-yil la-ROV le-RE-khev u-le-fa-ra-SHIM le-har-BE me-OD u-ve-hish-sha-EN-kha al-ye-ho-VAH ne-ta-NAM be-ya-DE-kha

   was it not the Cushites or Ethiopians and the Lubim or Libyans were as an army or as a force in abundance with chariotry or chariots and horsemen to increase or very many very and in your relying on the LORD he gave them into your hand

Exegesis

Sequential prepositional phrases lechayil {לְחַיִל | lə-ḥă-yîl} “for an army,” larov {לָרֹב | lā-rōḇ} “for a multitude,” lerechev {לְרֶכֶב | lə-rě-ḵêv} “for chariots,” and ulefarashim {וּלְפָרָשִׁים | ū-lə-pā-rā-šîm} “and for horsemen” build cumulative intensity.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־י־לḥ-y-l

“strength, army”