דָּלָה
dâlâh · daw-law'
properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1809 (דָּלַל));
properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver
- properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water)
- figuratively, to deliver
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: draw (out), [idiom] enough, lift up.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּלָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and drew1 · 20%
- and also drew1 · 20%
- water enough1 · 20%
- for thou hast lifted me up1 · 20%
- will draw it out1 · 20%
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.