Chil denotes distress that seizes people, often portrayed as pain like labor; one occurrence stands in an east-wind scene.

The dominant attested use is distress or agonized pain that comes upon people and is repeatedly compared with a woman in labor. A single occurrence appears in the setting of an east wind breaking ships, where the translation does not make the noun's individual contribution clear.

1. Seizing distress and labor-like pain · dominant

   The absolute singular noun occurs where distress or agony takes hold of persons: in Exodus 15:14 the APB renders, "agony grasped the inhabitants of Philistia," and in Micah 4:9 it renders agony as having "seized you like a woman in labor." Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 50:43, and Jeremiah 6:24 likewise place the term in clauses about pain or distress compared to a woman in labor.

   Exodus 15:14Jeremiah 22:23Jeremiah 50:43Jeremiah 6:24Micah 4:9
2. Term in an east-wind destruction scene · rare

   In Psalm 48:7, the same absolute singular noun occurs in a verse where the APB renders, "With an east wind you break the ships of Tarshish." The translation does not isolate the noun, so its precise contribution in this scene remains uncertain.

   Psalm 48:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the distress passages, the APB uses "agony," "pain," and "distress" in labor-like or seizing clauses. In Psalm 48:7 it renders the east-wind action without isolating this noun.