cho.vel denotes a shipboard leader, shown among a vessel’s personnel and as the captain who addresses Jonah.

The attested use identifies a shipboard leader: plural forms occur among rowers, mariners, ships, and sea travel in Ezekiel, while the singular form appears when a captain approaches Jonah.

1. Shipboard leader or captain · dominant

   In Ezekiel 27:8, the construct plural is used of Tyre’s wise men in a ship-related description; the APB renders the clause “they were your pilots.” Ezekiel 27:27, Ezekiel 27:28, and Ezekiel 27:29 place the plural among mariners, ships, oars, and the sea, while Jonah 1:6 has the singular absolute form for the captain who approaches the sleeping Jonah.

   Ezekiel 27:8Ezekiel 27:27Ezekiel 27:28Ezekiel 27:29Jonah 1:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “pilots” in the Ezekiel verses and “captain” in Jonah 1:6. These renderings confirm the shipboard setting rather than establish separate lexical senses.