חֵל (ḥēl) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning rampart. It appears
19 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2426).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 623d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 623d)rampart, fortress; army, intrenchment; bulwark, host, poor, trench, wall
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֵלnoun, masculine: rampart, fortress
Strong's H2426חֵיל: an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment KJV:army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.
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.
Root family 623: חוּלḥûl — 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…