H1803 - דַּלָּה (dallâh)

H1803 דַּלָּה (dallâh) dal-law'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 1802; properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent

KJV Usage: hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דַּלָּה (dal.lah) — hair. hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)

דַּלָּה (dal.lah) — poor. 1) poor (usually coll of helpless people) 2)(TWOT) poorest, lowest

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

דַּלָּה (H1803)

noun f · דלל

Tools

woven material = woven material as it is still attached to a loom

ISA 38:12

People

long hair = long hair hanging down from one's head; ≈ regarded as beautiful

SNG 7:6

noun f · דלל

Poor

poor, insignificant = class of people that is characterized by lacking the basic means for subsistence; ≈ regarded as helpless and unable to organize themselves into a political power of any significance

2KI 24:14 · 2KI 25:12 · JER 40:7 · JER 52:15 · JER 52:16

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דַּלָּה n.f. coll. hair, thrum base

[דַּלָּה] n.f. the poor base