HebrewH1803Noun (Feminine)

דַּלָּה

dal.lah

7Occurrences
H1803Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from H1802 (דָּלָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

דַּלָּה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
3
2 Kings
2
Genesis
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 24:14BSB

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

2 Kings 25:12BSB

But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Genesis 41:19BSB

After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

Isaiah 38:12BSB

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from melike a shepherd’s tent.I have rolled up my life like a weaver;He cuts me off from the loom;from day until night You make an end of me.

Jeremiah 40:7BSB

When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,

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