Hebrew verb · H1809
דָּלַל
dalaldaw-lal'
to languish
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dâlal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1809is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1809
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
The King James renders it: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dalal is rendered "to languish". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 6:6Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
Judges 6:6וַיִּדַּ֧ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they hang down2
- and it became low1
- I had become low1
- I have become low1
- it will become low1
- they are cast down1
- they will be low1
- we have become low1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- דַּ֖לּוּ1
- דַּלּ֤וּ1
- דַלּ֣וֹנוּ1
- דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫י1
- דַּ֝לּוֹתִ֗י1
- דַּלְי֣וּ1
- דָּלֲל֥וּ1
- וַיִּדַּ֧ל1
- יִדַּ֖ל1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqp1cs
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1HVqp1cp
Judges
one use
Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- וַיִּדַּ֧לvaiyidalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became low
Job
one use
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
- דַּ֖לּוּdaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they hang down
Psalms
three uses
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- דַלּ֣וֹנוּdalonuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have become low
The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
- דַּ֝לּוֹתִ֗יdalotiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I had become low
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫יdalotiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become low
Proverbs
one use
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- דַּלְי֣וּdalyuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they hang down
Isaiah
three uses
“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
- יִדַּ֖לyidalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will become low
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
- דָּלֲל֥וּdalaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be low
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- דַּלּ֤וּdaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are cast down
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.