Dallâh — H1803

Definition

feminine noun

properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent

1. hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)
2. poor (usually coll of helpless people)
3. (TWOT) poorest, lowest

Usually translated as

poor, hair, pining sickness, poorest sort

Origin

from H1802

• Derived from Dâlâh (H1802)

Greek equivalents

• katáloipos (G2645)

Occurrences

Dallâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)

• 2 Kings 24:14 — And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort (דַּלַּ֥ת) of the people of the land.
• 2 Kings 25:12 — But the captain of the guard left of the poor (וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת) of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
• Song of Songs 7:5 — Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair (וְדַלַּ֥ת) of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
• Isaiah 38:12 — Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness (מִדַּלָּ֣ה): from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
• Jeremiah 40:7 — Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor (וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת) of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
• Jeremiah 52:15 — Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor (וּמִדַּלּ֨וֹת) of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
• Jeremiah 52:16 — But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor (וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת) of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.