The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

חַיל חֵילָא‏ n.m.(f.) army; force

army Com^-BA. pl. : fig. multitude of things JLAtg, Gal. heavenly power, the "hosts" of heaven JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. sacred, clerical cohort Syr, LJLA. an order of angels, heavenly host JLAtg, Gal, Syr.

power, strength providing ability Com. בְּחָיִל‏ : aloud BA^Dan, JPAEpig. גיבר חיל‏ : respected leader LJLA.

The expression חֵילֵי שְמַיָא renders BH that refers undoubtedly to the astronomical divinities of the ANE, but by the time of the targums surely was understood to refer to angels.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 199a; DJBA: 455a; Jastrow: 455; Levy Ch-W: 1:254; Tal Sam: 254; DNWSI: 369; Cook,Qumran: 83;

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Derivatives:

br ḥyl, br ḥylˀ n.m. strong man, soldier

ḥwl vb. D to serve in a cohort

ḥyl vb. D to strengthen

ḥywl n.m. strength

ḥyl (ḥayyāl) adj. strong

rbḥyl, rbḥylˀ (raḇḥay/ēl, raḇḥaylā) n.m. general