- Original: חלא - Transliteration: Chala' - Phonetic: khaw-law' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to suffer, be sick, be diseased - Origin: a primitive root [compare H2470 ] - TWOT entry: 648 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (compare H2470 ); to be sick: - be diseased. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • diseased, 1 2 Chronicles 16:12