חוּל chûwl — properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear
Translated in the KJV as bear, bring forth, calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously, fear, form, great, grieve, grievous, hope.
or חִיל; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.
chûwl in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 18Perfect (qatal) 7Wayyiqtol 5Imperative 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive construct 2
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Polel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 1Wayyiqtol 1
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Polal
Perfect (qatal) 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Hitpolel
Participle (active) 2Imperative 1
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 1
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Hitpalpel
Wayyiqtol 1
So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Po'el
Participle (active) 1
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›