חִיל (ḥîlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning a writhing. It appears 7 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2427).

Also rendered

• anguish
• agony

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 623c)

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
• חֵל ḥēl — rampart
• מְחוֹלָה mĕḥôlâ — dancing
• מָחוֹל māḥôl — dance
• חַלְחָלָה ḥalḥālâ — anguish
• חֵילָה ḥêlâ — rampart

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