Original Language Studio
2 Kings 25:12
“But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דַּלָּהdallâh · dal-law'
H1803 · Hebrew
H1803 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
- Derivation
- from H1802 (דָּלָה);
- KJV renderings
- hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִ — preposition
- דַּלַּ֣ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:192 Kings 24:14Song of Solomon 7:6Isaiah 38:12Jeremiah 40:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דַּלָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.