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ḥbl, ḥblˀ (ḥăḇāl, ḥăḇālā) v.n. damage
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damage, injury
Common Aramaic
Ezra 4:22↗ לְמָה יִשְׂגֵּא חֲבָלָא לְהַנְזָקַת מַלְכִין‏ : lest the damage become great for the bother of the king ; Dan 3:25↗ וַחֲבָל לָא־אִיתַי בְּהוֹן‏ : they being undamaged ; TN Gen22:10↗ נדחי לגובה דחבלא‏ : we should be cast into the pit of destruction ; P Ez12:20↗ ܐܪܥܐ ܠܚܒܠܐ ܬܗܘܐ‏ ; BT BQ 89b(17)↗ ואידך תזבנה ניהליה בחבליה‏ : let her sell the rest of it [i.e. her ketubbah] to him (in compensation) for his injury ; GY 329:17↗ pirṣa uhbala uzaniuta bgauẖ šbaq : leave debauchery, destructive acts, and fornication in it ; TgJob5:21↗ ולא תדחל מן חבל מדיינאי כד ייתי‏ : do not fear the damage from the Midianites when it comes
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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 ; ActsThom 237:18↗ ܡܚ݁ܪܪ ܡܢ ܚܒ݁ܠܐ ܘܡܢ ܥܒ݂ܕܘܬܐ̈‏ : the one who frees from ruination and from servitudes
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pl.: alas ; see s.v. ḥbl interj.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 407[210]DJPA: 185aDJBA: 427aJastrow: 420Drower/Macuch: 128bPayne-Smith ~: 1179Levy Ch-W: 1:234DCPA[Schulthess]: 117[]

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