Strong's Definition
from 1809; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV Usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דַּל (dal) — poor. low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · דֶּלֶת
Buildings
door = a hinged barrier at the entrance to a building or room; ≈ used metaphorically to denote a person's lips with special focus on the lip's ability to shut the mouth
adj · דלל
Poor | ≈ אֶבְיֹון · אַלְמָנָה · יָתֹום · עָנָו · עָנִי · רָשׁ | ≠ גָּדֹול · עָשִׂיר · שֹׁועַ
poor, weak, helpless, insignificant = a person or class of people that lack the means to support themselves; ≈ thereby often despised or mistreated, but being under God's protection
EXO 23:3 · EXO 30:15 · LEV 14:21 · LEV 19:15 · JDG 6:15 · RUT 3:10 · 1SA 2:8 · 2SA 3:1 · JOB 5:16 · JOB 20:10 · JOB 20:19 · JOB 31:16 · JOB 34:19 · JOB 34:28 · PSA 41:2 · PSA 72:13 · PSA 82:3 · PSA 82:4 · PSA 113:7 · PRO 10:15 · PRO 14:31 · PRO 19:4 · PRO 19:17 · PRO 21:13 · PRO 22:9 · PRO 22:16 · PRO 22:22 · PRO 22:22 · PRO 28:3 · PRO 28:8 · PRO 28:11 · PRO 28:15 · PRO 29:7 · PRO 29:14 · ISA 10:2 · ISA 11:4 · ISA 14:30 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 26:6 · JER 5:4 · JER 39:10 · AMO 2:7 · AMO 4:1 · AMO 5:11 · AMO 8:6 · ZEP 3:12
Unsafe
dejected, haggard, low-spirited exact meaning unsure; probably: = state in which someone is unhappy and showing that through one's unkempt appearance and/or by one's demeanor
1 PRO 22:22 DCH counts with the possibility of meaning [1] in this verse
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דַּל adj. low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisd. lit. and poet.) base