Original: חֶבֶל

Transliteration: chebel

Phonetic: kheh'-bel

Short Definition: Band

Original: חבל חבל

Transliteration: chebel chêbel

Phonetic: kheh'-bel

BDB Definition:

1. a cord, rope, territory, band, company
   1. a rope, cord
   2. a measuring-cord or line
   3. a measured portion, lot, part, region
   4. a band or company
2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang
   1. pains of travail
   2. pains, pangs, sorrows
3. union
4. destruction

Origin: from H2254

TWOT entry: 592b,595a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Cognate: H2254, H2261, H2262