Lexical Definition

‎דַּל‎ dal (dal) poor ^H:A
from ‎דָּלַל‎

lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.

• properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin

1) low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

See Greek: ἀδύνατος · ἀσεβής · ἀσθενής · θύρα · πένης · πενιχρός · πονηρός · πονηρότερος · πτωχός · ταπεινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דַּל‎ adjective see below ‎דלל‎.

‎דַּל‎ adjective low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisdom literature and poetry) — ‎דַּל‎ Lev 14:21 + 8 t., ‎דָּ֑ל‎ Exod 23:3 + 17 t. + ‎שָדּל‎ Ps 82:3 ‎דַּלִּים‎ Amos 2:7 + 17 t.; ‎דַּלּוֺת‎ Gen 41:19 — weak, thin, of kine Gen 41:19 (E); of Amnon 2Sam 13:4 weak, of family of Saul 2Sam 3:1 (opposed to ‎חָזֵק‎) compare Judg 6:15 reduced, poor (opposed to rich) Lev 14:21(P) Ruth 3:10 (opposed to ‎עָשִׁיר‎) Jer 5:4 (opposed to ‎הגדולים‎, vJer 5:5) Prov 28:15; Zeph 3:12 (‎עַם עָנִי וָדָ֑ל‎); mostly substantive, a poor (man), the poor Exod 23:3 (JE); opposed to ‎עָשִׁיר‎ Exod 30:15 (P) Prov 10:15; Prov 22:16; Prov 28:11 opposed to ‎הוֺן‎ Prov 19:4 || ‎אביון‎ 1Sam 2:8; Job 5:16; Ps 72:13; Ps 82:4; Ps 113:7; Prov 14:31; Isa 14:30; Isa 25:4; Amos 4:1; Amos 8:6 compare also Job 20:10; Job 20:19; Prov 22:9; Jer 39:10 reduced, weak, helpless (|| ‎עני‎) Job 34:28; Ps 82:3(|| also ‎יתום‎), Prov 22:22; Prov 10:2; Prov 11:4; Prov 26:6; Amos 2:7 || ‎אלמנה‎ Job 31:16 opposed to ‎שׁוֺעַ‎ Job 34:19 — compare also Ps 41:2*; Prov 19:17; Prov 21:13; Prov 28:3; Prov 28:8; Prov 29:7; Prov 29:14.

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