לְ/חַבֵּ֤ל
𐤋/𐤇𐤁𐤋
châbal
to destroy/ruin
To bind, pledge, take a security or guarantee, often in a contractual or legal setting; to act as a guarantor or to give security for a debt. By extension, to exact a pledge or forcibly require a guarantee, particularly from someone in hardship. In poetic and metaphorical contexts, to act violently, corruptly, or destructively, or to inflict writhing pain or anguish (e.g., as in childbirth). The term is frequently used in legal, economic, and social contexts regarding surety, collateral, and the coercive taking of pledges, as well as metaphoric usage signifying destruction or suffering.
Isaiah 32:7 · Word #7
Lexicon H2254
| Lemma | חָבַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤁𐤋 |
| Transliteration | châbal |
| Strong's | H2254 |
| Definition | To bind, pledge, take a security or guarantee, often in a contractual or legal setting; to act as a guarantor or to give security for a debt. By extension, to exact a pledge or forcibly require a guarantee, particularly from someone in hardship. In poetic and metaphorical contexts, to act violently, corruptly, or destructively, or to inflict writhing pain or anguish (e.g., as in childbirth). The term is frequently used in legal, economic, and social contexts regarding surety, collateral, and the coercive taking of pledges, as well as metaphoric usage signifying destruction or suffering. |
Morphology HR/Vpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to destroy/ruin |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2254-11
to exact a pledge
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem (intensive/causative nuance), infinitive construct with prefixed לְ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piel stem intensifies or makes factitive the root idea of binding/pledging, yielding the sense of actively taking or exacting a pledge from another. The infinitive construct with לְ marks purpose or action in its verbal essence, hence "to exact a pledge." |
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