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title: חָלַשׁ — be weak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלַשׁ (lemma:חָלַשׁ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be weak. BDB 1906: vb. be weak, prostrate weaken, disable, prostrate Hiph. With 2 verses 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חָלַשׁ · **BDB:** חָלַשׁ

### Glosses

O.\[you.who\].defeat (1); he.defeated (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weak, prostrate weaken, disable, prostrate Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e9_5c1/#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, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b7_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.13/)

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וַיַּחֲלֹ֧שׁ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֥ק וְאֶת־עַמּ֖וֹ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.defeated Joshua (et) Amalek and (et) people its to.\[the\] mouth of.\[the\].sword

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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[Isaiah 14:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.12/)

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אֵ֛יךְ נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ לָאָ֔רֶץ חוֹלֵ֖שׁ עַל־גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* how! you.have.fallen from heaven O.shining.one son of.dawn you.have.been.cut.down to the ground O.\[you.who\].defeat over \[the\].nations

*JPS 1917:* How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, that didst cast lots over the nations!

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