חיל

Aramaic

Verb

חיל • (transliteration needed)

1. to be strong, to strengthen

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ו־ל (kh-w-l)

Compare Arabic حَيْل (ḥayl, “strength, power”) and Arabic حول (“power, force”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

חַיִל • (kháyil) m (singular construct חֵיל־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (military) corps
2. army
3. valiance, valor, virtue

Derived terms

• חיל אוויר / חֵיל אֲוִיר (kheil avír)
• חֵיל חָלוּץ (kheil khalúts)
• חֵיל יָם (kheil yam)
• עָשָׂה חַיִל (asá kháyil)

References

• H2428 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חַיָּל • (khayál) m

1. defective spelling of חייל

Verb

חִיֵּל • (khiyél) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חייל

References

• “חיל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חיל (צה"ל) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• לחי