{"def":{"short":"properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert","long":["to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained",["(Qal)",["to dance","to twist, writhe","to whirl, whirl about"],"(Polel)",["to dance","to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth","to wait anxiously"],"(Pulal)",["to be made to writhe, be made to bear","to be brought forth"],"(Hophal) to be born","(Hithpolel)",["whirling (participle)","writhing, suffering torture (participle)","to wait longingly"],"(Hithpalpel) to be distressed"]]},"deriv":"or חִיל; a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ħuːl","ipa_mod":"χul","sbl":"ḥûl","dic":"hool","dic_mod":"hool"}}