2 Chronicles 17:13:102 Chr.17.13.W10TAB
חַ֖יִל
khayil
“valor or strength”
- Transliteration
- KHA-yil
- Extended
- KHAH-yihl
- IPA
- /ˈħajil/
Meaning by language
- English
- valor or strength
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
gi-bo-RE KHA-yil
- clause
ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA gi-bo-RE KHA-yil bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
u-me-la-KHA ra-BA ha-YA LO be-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA gi-bo-RE KHA-yil bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
A paratactic sequence veanshei milchamah {וְאַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה | wə·ʼăn·šē mil·ḥā·māh} ‘and men of war’ and giborei chayil {גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gib·bō·rē ḥa·yil} ‘mighty ones of valor’ lists elite troops.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–yod–lamed
“strength, wealth”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:13
And he had great stores in the cities of Judah, and warriors , mighty men of valor were in Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 17:13, so the Hebrew word חַ֖יִל (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.17.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.13.W10.S1) and character.