H2430 H2430
rampart, outer fortification (defensive wall or bulwark)
This noun means 'rampart' or 'outer fortification,' referring to defensive walls surrounding a city. It can indicate either the physical rampart itself or the space between outer and inner walls. Biblical usage often pairs it with 'wall' to emphasize comprehensive fortifications. In Zechariah 9:4, it metaphorically describes Tyre's sea-power as her defensive rampart.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found in Psalm 48:13 as 'to her rampart' (Spanish 'a-su-muralla,' French 'à-rempart'), referring to Jerusalem's fortifications. The term designates outer defensive works - either the rampart wall itself or the fortified space between walls. The context invites viewers to walk around and observe Jerusalem's complete defensive system. 1×
AR["لِـأسْوارِها"]·ben["প্রতি-প্রাচীর-তার"]·DE["zu-ihr-rampart"]·EN["to-her-rampart"]·FR["à-rempart"]·heb["ל-חיל-ה"]·HI["दीवारों-पर-उसकी"]·IT["[לחילה]"]·jav["lan"]·KO["그-의-성벽-에"]·PT["em-seus-muros"]·RU["на-стены-его"]·ES["a-su-muralla"]·SW["ngome-zake"]·TR["-surlarına"]·urd["اُس-کی-فصیل-پر"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֵל, חֵיל n.m. Ob 20 rampart, fortress (perhaps orig. surrounding wall, cf. Sab. Denkm 91 n.2)—abs. חֵיל Na 3:8, חֵל La 2:8 + 3 times (+ ψ 10:10 Qr v. חלכה); cstr. חֵל 1 K 21:23; sf. חֵילֵךְ ψ 122:7, חֵילָהּ Zc 9:4; חֵילָה = חֵילָהּ ψ 48:11, Ol§ 40 c. 75 g. 96 e Sta§ 347 c;— 1. rampart (defined by Jews as בֶּן חוֹמָה, i.e. a little wall, cf. Ki s.v.), of an outer fortification 2 S 20:15…