Lexicon
חִילָה
chi.lah
H2427B
H:N-M Hebrew

agony

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chi.lah denotes the pain in which the speaker says he would still exult.

The sole attested use places chi.lah in Job's statement that he would exult despite pain, presenting agony as the condition accompanying his consolation.

Senses in use

  1. Pain endured alongside consolation · dominant

    In Job 6:10, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that this would be the speaker's consolation and that he would exult in pain. The APB renders the verse, "This would still be my consolation, and I would exult in pain without sparing," confirming the verse's setting of suffering alongside consolation.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 6:10, the APB presents the clause as exulting "in pain"; This identifies the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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