*ḥayl-: 'strength, power, might' 1, 'wealth' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥayl-
Meaning'strength, power, might' 1, 'wealth' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Ugariticḥl (DULAT 354; SEDonline 1270)DULAT 354; SEDonline 1270gloss withheld
Hebrewḥayil (HALOT 311 apud SEDonline 1270)HALOT 311; SEDonline 1270gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicḥaylā (LSyr. 229, SL 447 apud SEDonline 1270)LSyr. 229, SL 447; SEDonline 1270gloss withheld
Arabicḥawl-/ḥayl- (Lane 675, 688 apud SEDonline 1270)Lane 675, 688; SEDonline 1270gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab. ḫyl (SD 64 apud SEDonline 1270); Qat. ˀ-ḫyl (LIQ 72 apud SEDonline 1270)SD 64; SEDonline 1270; LIQ 72gloss withheld
Geezḫayl (CDG 269 apud SEDonline 1270)CDG 269; SEDonline 1270gloss withheld
Amoriteḫêlu (Buck 2019, 328); Hīl: a-ḫu-ḫe-el, ḫa-ab-du-ḫi-il, ḫa-na-ḫe-el (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 224)Buck 2019, 328; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 224gloss withheld
Punicḥl 2 (Krahmalkov 183)Krahmalkov 183gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicḥayil 1 (HALOT 311)HALOT 311gloss withheld
Tigrinyaḥayälä (LGz. 269)LGz. 269gloss withheld
Tigreḥela (LGz. 269)LGz. 269
Amharicayyälä (LGz. 269)LGz. 269
Aramaicḥelā (LGz. 269)LGz. 269
Mandaic Aramaichaila (LGz. 269)LGz. 269

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Notes

PWS *ḥayl-/*ḫayl- 'strength' (SEDonline 1270). Marrassini 1971, 59 compares Arb. ḫayl- (apud SEDonline 1270); cf. 2411 *ḫayl- 'equid'.

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