חַ֙יִל֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַ֙יִל֙

   kha-YIL

   of strength or valor
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כָּל־גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֙יִל֙

   KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL

   every mighty man of strength or valor
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד כָּל־גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֙יִל֙ וְנָגִ֣יד וְשָׂ֔ר בְּמַחֲנֵ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר

   va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR

   and he sent the LORD an angel and he cut off or destroyed every mighty man of strength or valor and leader and prince or commander in the camp of the king of Assyria
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד כָּל־גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֙יִל֙ וְנָגִ֣יד וְשָׂ֔ר בְּמַחֲנֵ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיָּשָׁב֩ בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת פָּנִ֜ים לְאַרְצ֗וֹ וַיָּבֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֔יו ומיציאו וּמִֽיצִיאֵ֣י מֵעָ֔יו שָׁ֖ם הִפִּילֻ֥הוּ בֶחָֽרֶב׃

   va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV

   and he sent the LORD an angel and he cut off or destroyed every mighty man of strength or valor and leader and prince or commander in the camp of the king of Assyria and he returned in shame of face to his land and he came into the house of his god and from those coming out of him or his descendants and those coming out of his inward parts or his body there they made him fall or struck him down with the sword

Exegesis

The Hiphil verb vayakhed {וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד | wayyaḵḥēḏ} ‘and he destroyed’ governs the cumulative construct kol-gibbor chayil venagid vesar {כָּל־גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֙יִל֙ וְנָגִ֣יד וְשָׂ֔ר | kǝl-gibbôr ḥayil wə-nāgîḏ wə-sār} ‘all the mighty warriors, leaders, and commanders’, with vav conjunctions amplifying the list.

Root and etymology

ḥ-y-l🔊 ח־י־לhet–yod–lamed

“strength, valor, army”

• 🔊 חַיָּלִיםḥayyalimsoldiers2 Samuel 24:9