Lexicon chibbel: mast Original Word: חִבֵּלPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chibbel Phonetic Spelling: (khib-bale') Short Definition: mast Brown-Driver-Briggs   חִבֵּל  noun [masculine] probably  mast (as  corded or  roped in place; denominative from  חֶבֶל) — only in simile of drunken man  ׳שֹׁכֵב בְּראֹשׁ ח Proverbs 23:24 (opposed to  שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶביָֿם) i.e. in the lookout-basket at the mast-head, compare Thes  in carchesio. —  ᵐ5 ᵑ9 read  חֹבֵל.  Strong's mast  From chabal (in the sense of furnished with ropes); a mast -- mast.  see HEBREW chabal   |  
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