Original Language Studio
Exodus 32:11
“And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2470 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));
- KJV renderings
- beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְחַ֣ל — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 75 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 48:1Deuteronomy 29:21Judges 16:7Judges 16:11Judges 16:17
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 חָלָה 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.