חָלַשׁ
châlash · khaw-lash'
to prostrate; by implication, to overthrow, decay
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to prostrate; by implication, to overthrow, decay
- to prostrate
- by implication, to overthrow, decay
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: discomfit, waste away, weaken.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to consume, to destroy
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלַשׁ 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- discomfited1 · 33%
- and wasteth away1 · 33%
- which didst weaken1 · 33%
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.