Lexical Definition

‎דָּלָה‎ dâlâh (daw-law') to draw (up/out) ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎דָּלַל‎)

draw (out), [idiom] enough, lift up.

• properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water)
• figuratively, to deliver

1) to draw, dangle
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to draw
1a2) drawing advice (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to draw up

See Greek: ἀντλέω · ὑπολαμβάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּלָה‎ verb draw (water) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎דְּלָא‎, ; Arabic pull up bucket; II, IV let down; v hang down; compare bucket; Ethiopic : weigh; Assyrian dalû, draw water, compare Dl § 108 C Adler^{PAOS Oct. 1888, xcix}.; also dilûtu, bucket, Id^ib; dalâni COT^Gloss) —

Qal Perfect ‎דָּלָה‎ Exod 2:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יִדְלֶ֑נָּה‎ Prov 20:5 ‎דַּלְיוּ‎ Prov 26:7 see below; 3 feminine plural‎וַתִּדְלֶנָה‎ Exod 2:16 Infinitive absolute ‎דָּלֹה‎ Exod 2:19 — draw (water, but no object expressed) Exod 2:6; Exod 2:19 (twice in verse); figurative of drawing counsel (‎עֵצָזה‎) out of heart, with accusative (suffix) Prov 20:5. — ‎דַּלְיוּ‎ Prov 26:7 is difficult; read perhaps 3 masculine plural ‎דָּלָיוּ‎ intransitive, a lame man's legs hang down (helpless) so Ew Sta^{§ 413 a}; other views in De Now. Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎דִּלִּיתָ֑נִי‎ Ps 30:2* figurative (compare Pa`el in Syriac) subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ thou hast drawn me up (out of Sh®°ôl, compare vPs 30:4*).

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