{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2254",
  "lemma": "חָבַל",
  "transliteration": "châbal",
  "definition": "to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)",
  "kjv": "[idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take…",
  "occurrences": 27,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָבַל vb. act (ruinously) corruptly",
    "Qal act corruptly against",
    "Niph. Impf. shall be ruined",
    "Pi. ruin, destroy",
    "Pu. be ruined, broken",
    "חָבַל vb",
    "[חָבַל] vb. bind, pledge",
    "Qal",
    "1. bind",
    "2. bind by taking a pledge of",
    "Niph. Impf. becometh pledged to it",
    "Pi. writhe, twist, hence travail"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:25",
      "text": "If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 24:6",
      "text": "No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/24?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 24:17",
      "text": "You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/24?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 10:27",
      "text": "It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 13:5",
      "text": "They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/13?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 32:7",
      "text": "The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/32?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 54:16",
      "text": "“Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/54?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:16",
      "text": "hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Amos 2:8",
      "text": "They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Micah 2:10",
      "text": "Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/2?v=10"
    }
  ],
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