2 Chronicles 24:23:62 Chr.24.23.W6TAB

חֵ֣יל

kheil

an army or force

Transliteration
KHEIL
Extended
KHEIL
IPA
/ˈħeːl/

Meaning by language

English
an army or force

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    KHEIL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KHEIL a-RAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM ve-khol-she-la-LAM shil-LE-KHU le-ME-lekh dar-ma-SEK

Exegesis

The subject cheil aram {חֵיל אֲרָם | ḥêyl ’ă-rām} ‘army of Aram’ with Qal perfect alah {עָלָה | ‘ālāh} ‘went up’ indicates the incursion.

Root and etymology

ḥ-y-lhet–yod–lamed

force, army

In context2 Chronicles 24:23

And it happened at the turn of the year that the army of Aram went up against him, came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 24:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 24:23, so the Hebrew word חֵ֣יל (kheil) 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.24.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.23.W6.S1) and character.