{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2342",
  "lemma": "חוּל",
  "transliteration": "chûwl",
  "definition": "properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear;…",
  "kjv": "bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with…",
  "occurrences": 60,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חוּל [חִיל] vb. whirl, dance, writhe",
    "Qal",
    "1. dance",
    "2. twist, writhe",
    "3. whirl, whirl about",
    "Po‛lel",
    "1. dance",
    "2. writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poet.)",
    "3. wait anxiously",
    "Po‛lal",
    "1. be made to writhe",
    "2. be brought forth",
    "Hiph. cause to be in anguish",
    "Hoph. be born",
    "Hithpol.",
    "1. whirling",
    "2. writhing, suffering torture",
    "3. wait longingly",
    "Hithpalp. and she writhed in anxiety",
    "חול vb",
    "[חול, חִיל] vb. be firm, strong"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:10",
      "text": "He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 2:25",
      "text": "Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/2?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:18",
      "text": "Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 3:25",
      "text": "They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 21:21",
      "text": "and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/21?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 21:23",
      "text": "The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 31:3",
      "text": "The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/31?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:29",
      "text": "Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 13:8",
      "text": "They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 23:4",
      "text": "Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=4"
    }
  ],
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