2 Chronicles 17:14:122 Chr.17.14.W12TAB
חַ֔יִל
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-vo-RE KHA-yil
- clause
li-ye-hu-DA sa-RE a-la-FIM ad-NA ha-SAR ve-i-MO gi-vo-RE KHA-yil she-LOSH me-OT A-lef
- sentence
ve-E-leh pe-ku-DAT-am le-VET a-vo-te-E-hem li-ye-hu-DA sa-RE a-la-FIM ad-NA ha-SAR ve-i-MO gi-vo-RE KHA-yil she-LOSH me-OT A-lef
Exegesis
The noun phrase giborei chayil {גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gi-bôr-ê ḥa-yîl} ‘mighty men of valor’ highlights an elite cohort.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-lchet–yod–lamed
“strength”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:14
And these are their enrollments by the house of their fathers: for Judah, the commanders of thousands were Adnah the commander and with him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 17:14, so the Hebrew word חַ֔יִל (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.17.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.14.W12.S1) and character.