Dâlal — H1809

Definition

verb

to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed

1. to hang, languish, hang down, be low
1. (Qal)
1. to hang low
2. to be low
3. of distress (fig.)
4. to languish, look weakly (of eyes)
2. (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low

Usually translated as

bring low, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin, dry up

Origin

a primitive root (compare H1802)

• Dâlâh (H1802)

Greek equivalents

• asthenéō (G770)
• ekleípō (G1587)
• ptōcheúō (G4433)
• tapeinóō (G5013)

Occurrences

Dâlal occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3)

• Judges 6:6 — And Israel was greatly impoverished (וַיִּדַּ֧ל) because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
• Job 28:4 — The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up (דַּ֖לּוּ), they are gone away from men.
• Psalms 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low (דַלּ֣וֹנוּ).
• Psalms 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low (דַּ֝לּוֹתִ֗י), and he helped me.
• Psalms 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low (דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫י): deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
• Proverbs 26:7 — The legs of the lame are not equal (דַּלְי֣וּ): so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
• Isaiah 17:4 — And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin (יִדַּ֖ל), and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
• Isaiah 19:6 — And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied (דָּלֲל֥וּ) and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
• Isaiah 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail (דַּלּ֤וּ) with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.