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חָבַל — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

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חָבַל

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָבַל

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חָבַל

ḥābal

Gloss

act (ruinously) corruptly

חָבַל vb. act (ruinously) corruptly

Qal act corruptly against

Niph. Impf. shall be ruined

Pi. ruin, destroy

Pu. be ruined, broken

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Strong’s H2254
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STEP Hebrew Lexicon: חָבַל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.

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