chul denotes trembling or writhing, and can also describe labor and birth, waiting, or whirling movement in the Bible.

The attested uses chiefly describe persons, peoples, the earth, or natural scenes trembling or writhing under fear, pain, or force. The same verb also occurs in childbirth language, in clauses of waiting, and in descriptions of dancing or a whirling tempest.

1. Trembling or writhing under fear, pain, or force · dominant

   Qal forms occur where Saul is pressed by archers, peoples react before an advancing force, and the earth is addressed before the Lord. In 1 Chronicles 10:3 the APB renders Saul's response as "he trembled from the archers," while in Isaiah 13:8 it renders people seized by pains as trembling; Jeremiah 4:19 depicts the speaker writhing after hearing the alarm of war.

   1 Chronicles 10:3Deuteronomy 2:25Isaiah 13:8Jeremiah 4:19Psalm 114:7Joel 2:6
2. Laboring, giving birth, or being brought forth · common

   Forms in childbirth clauses describe a woman writhing as birth approaches or something being brought forth. In Isaiah 26:17 the APB renders a pregnant woman who "writhes and cries out in her pains," and the Polal forms in Proverbs 8:24 and Proverbs 8:25 occur where the speaker is "brought forth" before the mountains.

   Isaiah 26:17Isaiah 26:18Micah 4:10Isaiah 66:8Proverbs 8:24Proverbs 8:25
3. Waiting or remaining in expectation · occasional

   In Genesis 8:10, a Piel sequential imperfect stands in the clause where Noah delays another seven days before sending the dove. In Judges 3:25 the plural Qal form occurs as men wait outside the upper room, and Psalm 37:7 places a Hithpolel imperative beside being still before the LORD.

   Genesis 8:10Judges 3:25Psalm 37:7
4. Whirling or dancing movement · rare

   An infinitive and a feminine plural participle occur in the account of Shiloh's daughters dancing. In Jeremiah 23:19 the participial form appears in the clause where the LORD's tempest is "whirling," and Jeremiah 30:23 similarly describes a whirling tempest upon the wicked.

   Judges 21:21Judges 21:23Jeremiah 23:19Jeremiah 30:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB uses expressions such as "tremble," "writhe," "brought forth," "waited," "dance," and "whirling." These are verse-level renderings rather than a word-by-word alignment to the lemma.