Lexicon / H2259
חֹבֵל
cho.vel
  • pilot
  • sailor
  • rope

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: pilot

sailor, seaman

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: sailor; rope

Root √חבל: חָבַל vb bind pledge Qal bind bind by taking a pledge of Niph Impf becometh pledged to it .. Pi writhe twist travail . hence .

חֹבֵל n.m sailor rope .(i.e.-puller)