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title: חָלַשׁ — be weak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַשׁ (2522), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be weak. BDB 1906: vb. be weak, prostrate weaken, disable, prostrate Hiph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלַשׁ

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«חָלַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be weak** — 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:** 2522 · **BDB:** חָלַשׁ

### Glosses

he.was.weak (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2522/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weak, prostrate weaken, disable, prostrate Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2522/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weak, prostrate. (si vera l.) weaken, disable, prostrate (Aramaic חֲלַשׁ be weak; ܚܰܠܳܫ, חַלָּשׁ weak, as in Heb.; Arabic مُحْلِس poor (Frey))— Impf. וַיַּחֲלֹשׁ Ex 17:13, וַיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ Jb 14:10; Pt. חוֹלֵשׁ Is 14:12; וגבר ימות ויח׳ Jb 14:10 but man dieth and is prostrate. disable, prostrate, sq. acc. pers. Ex 17:13 (E; point as Hiph.?); sq. עַל pers. (strangely) Is 14:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2522/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.10/)

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וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and a.man he.dies and he.was.weak and he.expired a.person and where.\[is\] he?

*JPS 1917:* But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?

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