Hebrew · H2483

חֳלִי

Malady , anxiety , calamity

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חֳלִיH2483

Pronunciationḥŏliy

What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?

חֳלִי (ḥŏliy): Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering

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What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?

חֳלִי (ḥŏliy): Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering

How does the BSB render H2483?

The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sickness (4), illness (3), his disease (2), . . . (1), [it] (1).

Where does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 7:15. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (6), 2 Kings (4), Isaiah (4), Deuteronomy (3).

Source Word Evidence

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How English Renders It

sickness4×Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:61, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Jeremiah 6:7

illness3×2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Chronicles 21:15

his disease2×2 Chronicles 16:12, 2 Chronicles 21:19

. . .1×Isaiah 38:9

[it]1×2 Chronicles 21:15

and a grievous1×Ecclesiastes 6:2

and his sickness1×1 Kings 17:17

disease1×2 Chronicles 21:18

his sickness1×Hosea 5:13

in his illness1×2 Chronicles 16:12

injury1×2 Kings 1:2

is truly my sickness1×Jeremiah 10:19

of sickness1×Psalms 41:3

our infirmities1×Isaiah 53:4

sicknesses1×Deuteronomy 28:59

with grief1×Isaiah 53:3

with the illness1×2 Kings 13:14

wound1×Isaiah 1:5

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First aligned rowDeuteronomy 7:15

Aligned rows24

Books represented9

Deuteronomy31 Kings12 Kings42 Chronicles6Psalms1Ecclesiastes2Isaiah4Jeremiah2Hosea1

Source forms

מֵחֳלִ֥י3xmê·ḥo·lî2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9

חֹ֑לִי2xḥō·lîDeuteronomy 7:15, Isaiah 53:3

חָלְי֔וֹ2xḥā·lə·yōw2 Kings 13:14, 2 Chronicles 21:19

בְּחָלְיוֹ֙1xbə·ḥā·lə·yōw2 Chronicles 16:12

בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃1xḇə·ḥā·lə·yōwPsalms 41:3

בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים1xbā·ḥo·lā·yîm2 Chronicles 21:15

הַחֹ֔לִי1xha·ḥō·lî2 Chronicles 21:15

וָחֳלִ֥י1xwā·ḥo·lîEcclesiastes 6:2

Parsing patterns

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular5x1 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 13:14, 2 Chronicles 16:12, 2 Chronicles 21:19

Noun - masculine singular4xDeuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:61, Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 6:7

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular3x2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular2x2 Chronicles 16:12, Psalms 41:3

Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular2x2 Chronicles 21:18, Isaiah 1:5

Article | Noun - masculine singular1x2 Chronicles 21:15

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural1xDeuteronomy 28:59

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular1xEcclesiastes 6:2

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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חֳלִי

What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?

What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H2483?

Where does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) appear in Scripture?

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