דַּל
dal · dal
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1809 (דָּלַל);
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads
The doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דַּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the poor18 · 38%
- of the poor8 · 17%
- but the poor2 · 4%
- to the poor2 · 4%
- a poor1 · 2%
- and the poor1 · 2%
- and if he be poor1 · 2%
- is poor1 · 2%
- whether poor1 · 2%
- weaker1 · 2%
- and weaker1 · 2%
- lean1 · 2%
- so the poor1 · 2%
- upon the poor1 · 2%
- not the poor1 · 2%
- because he is poor1 · 2%
- over the poor1 · 2%
- the needy1 · 2%
- of the needy1 · 2%
- surely these are poor1 · 2%
- is upon the poor1 · 2%
- and poor1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.