דַּלָּה
dallâh · dal-law'
properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1802 (דָּלָה);
properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
- properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair
- figuratively, indigent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).
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 דַּלָּה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- certain of the poor2 · 25%
- poor1 · 13%
- the poorest sort1 · 13%
- of the poor1 · 13%
- and the hair1 · 13%
- with pining sickness1 · 13%
- and of the poor1 · 13%
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.