חָלָה

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:1

• חֹלֶ֑הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Exodus 32:11

• וַיְחַ֣לvaychalHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he entreated

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

Deuteronomy 29:22

• חִלָּ֥הchilahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made sick

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:7

• וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be weak

He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:11

• וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be weak

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:13

• וְחָלִיתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be weak

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:17

• וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be weak

I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 13:12

• חִלִּ֑יתִיchilitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have entreated

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

1 Samuel 19:14

• חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

1 Samuel 22:8

• חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: feeling pain

Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

1 Samuel 30:13

• חָלִ֖יתִיchalitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was sick

Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 13:2

• לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹתlehitchalotpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make himself sick

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

2 Samuel 13:5

• וְהִתְחָ֑לvehitchalconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and make yourself sick

So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 13:6

• וַיִּתְחָ֑לvaiyitchalHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he made himself sick

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

1 Kings 13:6

• חַל־chal-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: entreat
• וַיְחַ֤לvaychalHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he entreated

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

1 Kings 14:1

• חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he became sick

But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”

1 Kings 14:5

• חֹלֶ֣הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15:23

• חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was sick

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

1 Kings 17:17

• חָלָ֕הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he became sick

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

1 Kings 22:34

• הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃hocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been wounded

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

2 Kings 1:2

• וַיָּ֑חַלvaiyachalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became ill

Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

2 Kings 8:7

• חֹלֶ֑הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

2 Kings 8:29

• חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.

2 Kings 13:4

• וַיְחַ֥לvaychalHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he entreated

When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

2 Kings 13:14

• חָלָ֣הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he became sick

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

2 Kings 20:1

• חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he became sick

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.

2 Kings 20:12

• חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been sick

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

2 Chronicles 18:33

• הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃hocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been wounded

so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

2 Chronicles 22:6

• חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: being ill

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

2 Chronicles 32:24

• חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was sick

And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:12

• חִלָּ֕הchilahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he entreated

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

2 Chronicles 35:23

• הָחֳלֵ֖יתִיhocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been wounded

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Nehemiah 2:2

• חוֹלֶ֔הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sick

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

Job 11:19

• וְחִלּ֖וּvechiluHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will entreat

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

Psalms 35:13

• בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡םbachalotampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when were sick they

The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

Psalms 45:12

• יְחַלּ֗וּyechaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will entreat

So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Psalms 77:10

• חַלּ֣וֹתִיchalotiverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wounding my

I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

Psalms 119:58

• חִלִּ֣יתִיchilitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have entreated

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12

• מַחֲלָה־machalah-verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: making sick

Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

Proverbs 19:6

• יְחַלּ֣וּyechaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they entreat

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

Proverbs 23:35

• חָלִיתִי֮chalitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am sick

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

Ecclesiastes 5:13

• חוֹלָ֔הcholahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: severe

This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

• חוֹלָ֔הcholahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: severe

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 2:5

• חוֹלַ֥תcholatverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: weak of

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Song of Solomon 5:8

• שֶׁחוֹלַ֥תshecholatrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: that weak of

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

Isaiah 14:10

• חֻלֵּ֥יתָchuleitaverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been made weak

though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

Isaiah 17:11

• נַחֲלָ֖הnachalahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: sick

And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

Isaiah 33:24

• חָלִ֑יתִיchalitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am sick

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Isaiah 38:1

• חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he became sick

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

Isaiah 38:9

• בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹbachalotopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when was sick he

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

Isaiah 39:1

• חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been sick

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Isaiah 53:10

• הֶֽחֱלִ֔יhecheliverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made sick

You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

Isaiah 57:10

• חָלִֽית׃chalitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you became weak

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

Jeremiah 4:31

• כְּחוֹלָ֜הkecholahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: like a sick

Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

Jeremiah 10:19

• נַחְלָ֖הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: severe

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

Jeremiah 12:13

• נֶחְל֖וּnechluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have wearied themselves

You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

Jeremiah 14:17

• נַחְלָ֥הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: made sick

Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

Jeremiah 26:19

• וַיְחַל֙vaychalHc/Vpw3mstagged: and did he entreat

For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

Jeremiah 30:12

• נַחְלָ֖הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: severe

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Ezekiel 34:4

• הַנַּחְלוֹת֩hanachlotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the weak
• הַחוֹלָ֣הhacholahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: the sick

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Ezekiel 34:16

• הַחוֹלָ֖הhacholahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: the sick

Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Ezekiel 34:21

• הַנַּחְל֑וֹתhanachlotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the weak

I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

Daniel 8:27

• וְנֶֽחֱלֵ֙יתִי֙venecheleiticonjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I was sick

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

Daniel 9:13

• חִלִּ֜ינוּchilinuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have entreated

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

Hosea 7:5

• הֶחֱל֥וּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they became sick

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Amos 6:6

• נֶחְל֖וּnechluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were sickened

Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.

Micah 6:13

• הֶחֱלֵ֣יתִיhecheleitiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make sick

There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

Nahum 3:19

• נַחְלָ֖הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: severe

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

Zechariah 7:2

• לְחַלּ֖וֹתlechalotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to entreat

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

Zechariah 8:21

• לְחַלּוֹת֙lechalotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to entreat

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

Zechariah 8:22

• וּלְחַלּ֖וֹתulechalotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to entreat

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:8

• וְחֹלֶ֖הvecholehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a sick

“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:9

• חַלּוּ־chalu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: entreat

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Malachi 1:13

• הַ֣חוֹלֶ֔הhacholehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the sick