H2257 H2257
hurt, injury, damage; Aramaic
An Aramaic noun denoting harm or damage. It appears when opponents warn that a rebuilt Jerusalem will cause 'damage' to royal revenue (Ezra 4:22), and in Daniel's accounts of protection from harm: the men in the fiery furnace have 'no hurt' (Dan 3:25) and Daniel emerges from the lions' den 'without injury' (Dan 6:23). The Spanish daño, herida and French dommage reflect both physical and financial harm. This is administrative and narrative language: the absence or threat of damage.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes harm or damage in three contexts: fiscal damage to the king (Ezra 4:22), absence of physical harm in the furnace (Dan 3:25), and deliverance from injury in the lions' den (Dan 6:23). The multilingual glosses (damage, hurt, daño, dommage) span financial and somatic domains. The word evokes threat and deliverance: what could harm but does not, or what will harm if unchecked. 3×
AR["الضَّرَرُ", "ضَرَرٍ", "وَ-ضَرَرٌ"]·ben["এবং-ক্ষতি", "ক্ষতি"]·DE["[וחבל]", "[חבל]", "[חבלא]"]·EN["and-hurt", "damage", "harm"]·FR["[חבלא]", "dommage", "et-dommage"]·heb["ו-נזק", "חבלא", "נזק"]·HI["और-हानि", "हानि"]·ID["dan-celaka", "kerusakan", "luka"]·IT["[וחבל]", "[חבל]", "[חבלא]"]·jav["cilaka", "kangge-ngrisak", "lan-tatu"]·KO["그-손해", "그리고-해", "상처-가"]·PT["e-dano", "ferimento", "o-dano"]·RU["вреда", "и-повреждения", "ущерб"]·ES["el-daño", "herida", "y-daño"]·SW["jeraha", "na-madhara", "uharibifu"]·TR["ve-zarar", "zarar"]·urd["اور-نقصان", "نقصان"]
Related Senses
H7965 1. peace, absence of conflict (198×)H3467 1. save, deliver, rescue (Hifil active) (156×)H5127 1. flee, run away (Qal) (144×)G1515 1. peace, well-being, harmony (93×)H8002 1. peace offering(s) (87×)G4982 1. save spiritually, grant salvation (79×)H3444 1. salvation, deliverance (67×)H4422 1. Nifal: escape, flee (63×)H1272 1. flee, run away (Qal) (58×)H6869b 1. distress, trouble (57×)G4991 1. of salvation (46×)G2347 1. tribulation, affliction, distress (45×)H0983 1. security, safety, confidence (42×)H6031b 1. Piel: afflict, oppress (42×)H6040 1. affliction, misery, suffering (36×)H3468 1. salvation, deliverance (33×)G5343 1. flee, run away (28×)H3467 2. savior, deliverer (Hifil participle substantive) (28×)H8668 1. salvation, deliverance (27×)H8252 1. be quiet, be at rest (26×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֲבָל n.m. Dn 6:24 hurt, injury;—abs. ח׳ Dn 3:25; 6:24, cf. RÉS 362 A 2; emph. חֲבָלָא Ezr 4:22.