דָּלַל
dâlal · daw-lal'
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1802 (דָּלָה));
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
- to slacken or be feeble
- figuratively, to be oppressed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
The doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּלַל 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- low2 · 18%
- impoverished1 · 9%
- they are dried up1 · 9%
- us: for we are brought1 · 9%
- i was brought low1 · 9%
- for i am brought1 · 9%
- are not equal1 · 9%
- shall be made thin1 · 9%
- shall be emptied1 · 9%
- fail1 · 9%
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.