# H2479 חַלְחָלָה

חַלְחָלָה (chalchâlâh), Strong’s H2479: writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror KJV: (great, much) pain.. Occurs 4 times.

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*chalchâlâh* — writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror

KJV: (great, much) pain.

Derived from [חַלְחוּל Chalchûwl](https://besorah.bible/word/H2478) (Chalchul, a place in Palestine)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חַלְחָלָה n.f. anguish

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 21:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=3) — Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much…
- [Ezekiel 30:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/30?v=4) — A sword will come on Egypt, and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt. They take away her…
- [Ezekiel 30:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/30?v=9) — “‘“In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be…
- [Nahum 2:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nahum/2?v=11) — She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.