Lexical Summary dalal: to hang, be low, languish Original Word: דָּלַלTransliteration: dalal Phonetic Spelling: (daw-lal') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hang, be low, languish Meaning: to slacken, be feeble, to be oppressed Strong's Concordance bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin A primitive root (compare dalah); to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed -- bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin. see HEBREW dalah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1809. dalal דָּלַל verb hang, be low, languish (Late Hebrew Hiph`il thin, thin out vines, etc.; Assyrian dalâlu, be weak, humble ZimBp 74. 97; Arabic direct, guide, , be directed, guided; put in motion, commotion; be in motion, hang, dangle; also amorous, coquettish, gesture or behaviour of women) — Qal Perfect דֵּלֹּתִי Psalm 116:6, דַּלּוֺתִי 142:7; 1plural דַּלּוֺנוּ 79:8, דָּֽלֲלוּ Isaiah 19:6, דַּלּוּ 38:14; Job 28:4 (on דַּלְיוּ Proverbs 26:7 compare דָּלָה); — hang, 'depend', Job 28:4 (of one descending a miner's shaft "" נָעוּ); be low, of streams Isaiah 19:6 ("" חָֽרְבוּ); be low, brought low, metaphor of distress Psalm 79:8; 116:6; 142:7; languish, of eyes, look languishingly (Che) Isaiah 38:14. — Niph`al Imperfect יִדַּל Isaiah 17:4, וַיִּדַּל Judges 6:6, — be brought low, laid low, 6:6 figurative of Israel; Isaiah 17:4 of glory of Jacob. |
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