דַּלָּה
dallâ
hair
Strong's H1803NounHebrewTWOT 433c

דַּלָּה (dallâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning hair. It appears 8 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1803).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 433c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 433c)the poor; dangling, loose thread, hair, indigent; pining sickness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

דַּלָּה noun, feminine: the poor

Strong's H1803 דַּלָּה: properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
KJV:hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 433: דָּלַל dālal — hang, be low, languish; ‘depend’; be brought low, laid low; slacken, be feeble, be oppressed; bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin

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Genesis 41:192 Kings 24:14Isaiah 38:12

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