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title: דָּלַל — hang · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּלַל (1809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: hang. BDB 1906: vb. hang, be low. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּלַל

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«דָּלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hang** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1809 · **BDB:** דָּלַל

### Glosses

I.had.become.low (1); I.have.become.low (1); it.became.low (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hang [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hang, be low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hang, be low, languish (NH Hiph. thin, thin out vines, etc.; Assyrian dalâlu, be weak, humble ZimBP 74.97; Arabic دَلَّ idirect, guide, دُلَّ be directed, guided; دَلْدَلَ put in motion, commotion; تَدَلْدَلَ be in motion, hang, dangle; also دَلٌّ amorous, coquettish, gesture or behaviour of women)— Pf. דַּלֹּתִי ψ 116:6, דַּלּוֹתִי 142:7; 1 pl. דַּלּוֹנוּ ψ 79:8, דָּֽלֲלוּ, Is 19:6, דַּלּוּ Is 38:14 Jb 28:4 (on דַּלְיוּ Pr 26:7 cf. דָּלָה);—hang, ‘depend,’ Jb 28:4 (of one descending a miner’s shaft ‖ נָעוּ); be low, of streams Is 19:6 (‖ דָֽרְבוּ); be low, brought low, metaph. of distress ψ 79:8; 116:6; 142:7; languish, of eyes, look languishingly (Che) Is 38:14.— Impf. יִדַּל Is 17:4, וַיִּדַּל Ju 6:6,—be brought low, laid low Ju 6:6 fig. of Israel; Is 17:4 of glory of Jacob.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 116:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.6/)

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שֹׁמֵ֣ר פְּתָאיִ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה דַּ֝לּוֹתִ֗י וְלִ֣י יְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].protecting simple.people Yahweh I.had.become.low and (to) me he.saved

*JPS 1917:* The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

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[Isaiah 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.6/)

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וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.stink \[the\].rivers they.will.be.low and they.will.become.dry the.canals of.Egypt reed\[s\] and rush\[es\] they.will.wither

*JPS 1917:* And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

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