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H1809 דָּלַל (dâlal) daw-lal'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root (compare 1802); to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed

KJV Usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דָּלַל (da.lal) — to languish. 1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hang low 1a2) to be low 1a3) of distress (fig.) 1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes) 1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · דַּל · דַּלָּה

Low

to become low, to dwindle = process by which the height of a body of water is diminished ◄ due to a drought

ISA 19:6

Weak | verb qal

to grow weak = process by which something's strength and ability to function is diminished

ISA 38:14

Insignificant | verb qal

to be weak, to be helpless = process by which an individual or group of people is reduced to a state of insignificance and becomes powerless to help oneself ◄ due to difficult circumstances such as poverty, sickness, and warfare

JDG 6:6 · PSA 79:8 · PSA 116:6 · PSA 142:7

Lax | verb nif

to diminish, to dwindle = process by which a prominent condition loses its prominence and becomes like its opposite

ISA 17:4

verb · דלה

Hang | verb qal

to hang, to dangle = state in which something is suspended to an object in a way that it can swing freely

JOB 28:4

1 ISA 17:4 NJPS interprets the word here as "dwindle", understanding כְּבֹוד in a physical sense as "mass". 2 JOB 28:4 There is much discussion over the meaning of דלל here. NJPS ("destitute of") understands it as having the same basic meaning of the other occurrences analysed in this entry. Most versions imply a root דלל II (cf. HALOT, DCH) meaning "to dangle".

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[דָּלַל] vb. hang, be low, languish Qal hang, ‘depend’

Niph. be brought low, laid low

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