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H2309 חֶדֶל (chedel) kheh'-del
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2308; rest, i.e. the state of the dead

KJV Usage: world

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶ֫דֶל (che.del) — world. rest, cessation

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · חדל

this world (that will pass away again) = scene of human existence; ≈ with focus on its ephemeral nature

ISA 38:11

1 ISA 38:11 MT HOTTP-B | some manuscripts have חֶלֶד "world" but this is still very close in meaning to חֶדֶל

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[חֶ֫דֶל] n.[m.] cessation, only Is 38:11 ref

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