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title: דַּלָּה — the poor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּלָּה (lemma:דַּלָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: the poor. BDB 1906: n.f. the poor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּלָּה

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«דַּלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the poor** — 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:** lemma:דַּלָּה · **BDB:** דַּלָּה²

### Glosses

of.the.poor.people (3); of.the.poor (1); the.poor.people (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. the poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. the poor—cstr. דַּלַּת Je 40:7 + 2 times; pl. דַּלּוֹת Je 52:15, 16;—the poor (coll., weak, helpless ones) Je 40:7 2 K 24:14; 25:12 (in ‖ Je 52:16, as also v 15, MT has strangely the pl.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «דַּלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b7_5bc_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 25:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.12/)

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וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor of the.land he.left.behind \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards to vinedressers and to husbandmen

*JPS 1917:* But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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[Jeremiah 52:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.16/)

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וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor.people of the.land he.left.behind Nebuzaradan \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards to vinedressers and to husbandmen

*JPS 1917:* But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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