Lexical Definition

‎דָּלַל‎ dâlal (daw-lal') to languish ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎דָּלָה‎)

bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.

• to slacken or be feeble
• figuratively, to be oppressed

1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hang low
1a2) to be low
1a3) of distress (fig.)
1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes)
1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · ἐκλείπω · πτωχεύω · ταπεινόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּלַל‎ verb hang, be low, languish (Late Hebrew Hiph`il thin, thin out vines, etc.; Assyrian dalâlu, be weak, humble Zim^{Bp 74. 97}; Arabic direct, guide, , be directed, guided; put in motion, commotion; be in motion, hang, dangle; also amorous, coquettish, gesture or behaviour of women) —

Qal Perfect ‎דֵּלֹּתִי‎ Ps 116:6, ‎דַּלּוֺתִי‎ Ps 142:7* 1 plural ‎דַּלּוֺנוּ‎ Ps 79:8, ‎דָּֽלֲלוּ‎ Isa 19:6, ‎דַּלּוּ‎ Isa 38:14; Job 28:4 (on ‎דַּלְיוּ‎ Prov 26:7 compare ‎דָּלָה‎); — hang, 'depend', Job 28:4 (of one descending a miner's shaft || ‎נָעוּ‎); be low, of streams Isa 19:6 (|| ‎חָֽרְבוּ‎); be low, brought low, metaphor of distress Ps 79:8; Ps 116:6; Ps 142:7* languish, of eyes, look languishingly (Che) Isa 38:14. —

Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִדַּל‎ Isa 17:4, ‎וַיִּדַּל‎ Judg 6:6, — be brought low, laid low, Judg 6:6 figurative of Israel; Isa 17:4 of glory of Jacob.

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