חֵל (ḥēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning rampart. It appears 19 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2426).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 623d)

Root family 623: חוּל ḥûl — I, travail, be in anguish, be pained, dance, whirl, writhe, fear, tremble. (RSV “rage”; otherwise, RSV and ASV adopt same range of meanings, though individual verses may be interpreted differently)

• חוֹל ḥôl — sand
• מְחוֹלָה mĕḥôlâ — dancing
• חִיל ḥîlâ — a writhing
• מָחוֹל māḥôl — dance
• חַלְחָלָה ḥalḥālâ — anguish
• חֵילָה ḥêlâ — rampart

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