Word Study · Strong's H2259 · Hebrew
חֹבֵל
chobel
kho-bale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chôbêl
“a sailor”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a sailor
Rendered in the KJV as
pilot, shipmaster.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַחֹבֵ֔ל1
- וְחֹבְלָ֑יִךְ1
- חֹבְלֵ֣י1
- חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ1
- חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- [the] sailors of1
- [were] sailors your1
- and sailors your1
- sailors your1
- the sailor[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:8חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃choelayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThe men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.here: [were] sailors your
- Ezekiel 27:27וְחֹבְלָ֑יִךְvechoelayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYour wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.here: and sailors your
- Ezekiel 27:28חֹבְלָ֑יִךְchoelayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThe countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.here: sailors your
- Ezekiel 27:29חֹבְלֵ֣יchoeleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.here: [the] sailors of