cha.lal denotes people who have been killed, especially those fallen amid battle, attack, or judgment.

The term consistently identifies persons who have died through killing: individuals found dead, groups fallen in battle, and victims described in scenes of sword violence and judgment. Its singular and plural forms can designate either one victim or a body of dead people.

1. Persons killed in violence or battle · dominant

   The masculine singular and plural forms identify people who have been killed, whether an unidentified victim lying in a field in Deuteronomy 21:1 or groups fallen in conflict. In 1 Samuel 17:52 the APB renders the clause about Philistine casualties as "the slain of the Philistines fell," while Ezekiel 32:22 describes those around Assyria's graves as "slain, fallen by the sword."

   Deuteronomy 21:11 Samuel 17:521 Samuel 31:82 Samuel 1:25Ezekiel 32:22Isaiah 34:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "slain," including people fallen in battle or by the sword; it also uses phrases such as "a slain person" and "their corpses" in related clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English expressions confirm the verses' scenes without fixing a separate rendering for every form.