חוּל (ḥîl) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning whirl. It appears
61 times
in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2342).
Also rendered
to twist
tremble
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 623)
Range of meaning (TWOT 623)whirl, dance, writhe; twist, whirl about; with, bear, bring forth, wait anxiously; be made to writhe, be brought forth; cause to be in anguish; be born; whirling, writhing, suffering torture, wait longingly; writhe in pain, fear…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חוּלverb: whirl, dance, writhe
Qal
1.dance
2.twist, writhe
3.whirl, whirl about
Polel
1.dance
2.writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetic)
3.wait anxiously
Polal
1.be made to writhe
2.be brought forth
Hiphilcause to be in anguish
Hophalbe born
Hithpolel
1.whirling
2.writhing, suffering torture
3.wait longingly
Hithpalpeland she writhed in anxiety
Strong's H2342חוּל: 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 KJV:bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.