H1803 דַּלָּה (dallâh) dal-law'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent

Derivation: from H1802 (דָּלָה);

KJV Usage: hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).

TWOT Reference: 433c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)

2) poor (usually coll of helpless people)

3)(TWOT) poorest, lowest

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דַּלָּה (dal.lah) — hair. hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom)

דַּלָּה (dal.lah) — poor. 1) poor (usually coll of helpless people) 2)(TWOT) poorest, lowest

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

דַּלָּה (H1803)

noun f · דלל

Tools

woven material = woven material as it is still attached to a loom

ISA 38:12

People

long hair = long hair hanging down from one's head; ≈ regarded as beautiful

SNG 7:6

noun f · דלל

Poor

poor, insignificant = class of people that is characterized by lacking the basic means for subsistence; ≈ regarded as helpless and unable to organize themselves into a political power of any significance

2KI 24:14 · 2KI 25:12 · JER 40:7 · JER 52:15 · JER 52:16

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דַּלָּה n.f. coll. hair, thrum base

[דַּלָּה] n.f. the poor base

Bible Occurrences (7)

41:19

24:14 25:12

38:12

40:7 52:15 52:16

Genesis 41:19

After them,... seven other cows— sickly, ugly,... and thin...— came up. I have never seen such ugly [cows] in all the land of Egypt!

2 Kings 24:14

He carried into exile all Jerusalem — all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths — ten thousand captives [in all]. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

Jeremiah 40:7

When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge... of the men, women, and children [who were] the poorest of the land [and] had not been exiled to Babylon,

Jeremiah 52:15

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile [some of] the poorest people and those who remained...... in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

Jeremiah 52:16

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.