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title: דלה — draw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דלה (lemma:דלה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: draw. BDB 1906: vb. draw. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דלה

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«דלה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:דלה · **BDB:** דָּלָה

### Glosses

they.hang.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5dc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5dc_5d4/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דלה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5dc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.7/)

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דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.hang.down legs from a.lame.\[person\] and a.proverb in.\[the\] mouth of.fools

*JPS 1917:* The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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