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title: חֲלוּשָׁה — weakness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלוּשָׁה (2476), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: weakness. BDB 1906: n.f. weakness prostration. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלוּשָׁה

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«חֲלוּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weakness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2476 · **BDB:** חֲלוּשָׁה

### Glosses

of.weakness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weakness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2476/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. weakness prostration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2476/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. weakness prostration, אֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת ח׳ Ex 32:18 it is not the sound of the answering of weakness (JE; opp. גְּבוּרָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלוּשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2476/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 32:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.18/)

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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֥ין קוֹל֙ עֲנ֣וֹת גְּבוּרָ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין ק֖וֹל עֲנ֣וֹת חֲלוּשָׁ֑ה ק֣וֹל עַנּ֔וֹת אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said \[it.is\].not a.sound of.singing of.strength and \[it.is\].not a.sound of.singing of.weakness a.sound of.singing I \[am\].hearing

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'

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