חֵ֨יל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֵ֨יל

   KHEIL

   force or army
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעַל־יָדָם֩ חֵ֨יל צָבָ֜א

   ve-AL-ya-DAM KHEIL tsa-VA

   and under their hand or authority force or army of an army
3. clause🔊 וְעַל־יָדָם֩ חֵ֨יל צָבָ֜א שְׁלֹ֧שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֗לֶף וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת עוֹשֵׂ֥י מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּכֹ֣חַ חָ֑יִל

   ve-AL-ya-DAM KHEIL tsa-VA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef ve-shiv-AT a-la-FIM va-kha-MESH me-OT o-SE mil-kha-MA be-KHO-akh kha-YIL

   and under their hand or authority force or army of an army three hundreds of a thousand and seven {construct} thousands and five hundreds makers of or doers of war with strength of valor or might
4. sentence🔊 וְעַל־יָדָם֩ חֵ֨יל צָבָ֜א שְׁלֹ֧שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֗לֶף וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת עוֹשֵׂ֥י מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּכֹ֣חַ חָ֑יִל לַעְזֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָאוֹיֵֽב׃

   ve-AL-ya-DAM KHEIL tsa-VA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef ve-shiv-AT a-la-FIM va-kha-MESH me-OT o-SE mil-kha-MA be-KHO-akh kha-YIL la-e-ZOR lam-ME-lekh al-ha-o-YEV

   and under their hand or authority force or army of an army three hundreds of a thousand and seven {construct} thousands and five hundreds makers of or doers of war with strength of valor or might to help the king against the enemy

Exegesis

The construct cheil tsava {חֵ֨יל צָבָ֜א | ḥê-yl ṣā-vāʾ} ‘force of army’ links cheil as head noun with tsava in a genitive construct.

The adjunct bə-ḵō-ʾaḥ ḥā-yîl {בְּכֹ֣חַ חָ֑יִל | bə-ḵō-ʾaḥ ḥā-yîl} ‘with strength of valor’ expresses means, and the infinitive construct la-ʿā-zôr la-me-leḵ {לַעְזֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | la-ʿā-zôr la-me-leḵ} ‘to help the king’ indicates purpose.

Root and etymology

ח־י־ל🔊 ḥet–yod–lamed

“strength”

• 🔊 חָ֑יִלḥā-yîlvalorRuth 3:11