Exodus 15:14:4Exod.15.14.W4TAB
חִ֣יל
khil
“anguish”
- Transliteration
- KHIL
- Extended
- KHEEL
- IPA
- /ˈħiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- anguish
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KHIL
- phraseyour reading level
KHIL a-KHAZ
- clause
KHIL a-KHAZ yohsh-VE pe-LA-shet
- sentence
sham-U am-MIM yir-ga-ZUN KHIL a-KHAZ yohsh-VE pe-LA-shet
Exegesis
The noun khil {חִ֣יל | ḥîl} ‘anguish’ is then coupled with the perfect verb ahaz {אָחַ֔ז | ’āḥaz} ‘he seized’, personifying fear as an active force.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-l
“to writhe, tremble”
In context — Exodus 15:14
The nations have heard , and they tremble; anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:14, so the Hebrew word חִ֣יל (khil) 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 Exod.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.14.W4.S1) and character.