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title: דָּלָה — draw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּלָה (1802), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: draw. BDB 1906: vb. draw. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּלָה

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«דָּלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **draw** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 1802 · **BDB:** דָּלָה

### Glosses

actually.(draw) (1); he (1); he.drew (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1802/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1802/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. draw (water) (NH id., Aramaic דְּלָא, ܕܠܴܐ Arabic دَلَا pull up bucket; ii, iv let down; v hang down; cf. دَلْوٌ bucket; Ethiopic ደለወ weigh; Assyrian dalû, draw water, cf. Dl§ 108 C AdlerPAOS Oct. 1888, xcix.; also dilûtu, bucket, Idib., dalâni COTGloss.)— Pf. דָּלָה Ex 2:19; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִדְלֶ֑נָּה Pr 20:5; 3 f. pl. וַתִּדְלֶנָה Ex 2:16; Inf. abs. דָּלֹה Ex 2:19;—draw (water, but no obj. expr.) Ex 2:16, 19(×2); fig. of drawing counsel (עֵצָה) out of heart, c. acc. (sf.) Pr 20:5.—דַּלְיוּ Pr 26:7 is difficult; read perhaps 3 m. pl. דָּלָיוּ intrans., a lame man’s legs hang down (helpless) so Ew Sta§ 413 a; other views in De Now. Pf. 2 ms. sf. דִּלִּיתָ֑נִי ψ 30:2 fig. (cf. Pa. in Syriac) subj. י׳ thou hast drawn me up (out of Shee’ôl cf. v 4).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1802/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.5/)

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מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים עֵצָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנָ֣ה יִדְלֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].water deep a.plan in.\[the\] heart of.a.person and a.person of.understanding he draws.it.out

*JPS 1917:* Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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[Psalms 30:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.2/)

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אֲרוֹמִמְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה כִּ֣י דִלִּיתָ֑נִי וְלֹא־שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I will.exalt.you O.Yahweh (dm) you have.drawn.me.up and not you.have.allowed.to.rejoice enemies my to me

*JPS 1917:* I will extol thee, O LORD, for Thou hast raised me up, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me.

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