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Be sick

חָלָאStrong’s H2456

chala (cha-la)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chala is the Hebrew word usually translated “became sick”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.”
2 Chronicles 16:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to suffer, be sick, be diseased
How it's translated
  • and he became sick 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Chronicles 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָלָא chala · be sick

    (Qal) to suffer, be sick, be diseased

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.