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חֲבָל #3‏ v.n. #3 damage

damage, injury Com^-OA^-OfA. Ezra4:22 : לְמָה יִשְׂגֵּא חֲבָלָא לְהַנְזָקַת מַלְכִין‏ lest the damage become great for the bother of the king. Dan3:25 : א וַחֲבָל לָא־אִיתַי בְּהוֹן‏ they being undamaged. TN Gen22:10 : נדחי לגובה דחבלא‏ we should be cast into the pit of destruction. TgJob5:21 : ולא תדחל מן חבל מדיינאי כד ייתי‏ do not fear the damage from the Midianites when it comes. ruination JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Jonah2:7 : וְאַת קָרֵיב קְֹדָמָך לְאַסָקָא מֵחַבָלָא חַיַי‏ but it is easy for you to raise my life up from ruin.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 185a; DJBA: 427a; Jastrow: 420; Levy Ch-W: 1:234;

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ḥbl (ḥḇāl) interj. alas !