Lexical Definition

‎חָדַל‎ châdal (khaw-dal') to cease ^H:V
a primitive root

cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

• properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist
• (figuratively) be lacking or idle

1) to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cease, come to an end
1a2) to cease, leave off

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָדַל‎ verb cease (Sabean ‎חדל‎ be negligent, SabDenkm⁷⁶) —

Qal Perfect ‎חָדַל‎ Gen 18:11 + 4 t.; ‎וְחָדַל‎ consecutive Num 9:13; Ps 49:9* 2 masculine singular ‎וְחָדַלְתָּ֫‎ Exod 23:5 plural ‎הָֽדְּלוּ‎ Judg 5:6 + 4 t.; ‎חָד֑לּוּ‎ (compare Kö^{i, 243}) Judg 5:7; 1Sam 2:5 1 plural ‎חָדַלְנוּ‎ Jer 44:18 Imperfect ‎יֶחְדַּל‎ Deut 15:11 + (Job 10:20 Kt ‎יחדל‎ jussive > Qr ‎וַחֲדָ֑ל‎ Imperative); ‎אֶחְדָּ֑ל‎ Judg 15:7 + 3 t.; ‎וְאַחְדְּלָה‎ Job 16:6 plural ‎יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ‎ Ezek 2:5 + 2 t.; ‎יֶחְדָּלוּ֔ן‎ Exod 9:29 ‎וַיַּחְדְּלוּ‎ Gen 11:8; Exod 9:33, ‎נֶחְדָּ֑ל‎ 1Kgs 22:15, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎חֲדֹל‎ 1Sam 12:23 Imperative ‎חֲדַל‎ Exod 14:12 +, etc.; ‎חִדְלוּ‎ Isa 1:16; Isa 2:22 ‎חֲדָ֑לוּ‎ Zech 11:22 —

1. cease, come to an end Exod 9:29; Exod 9:33; Exod 9:34 (J), Isa 24:8 impersonal ‎חָדַל לִהְיוֺת לְשָׂרָה‎ Gen 18:11 (J); cease to be Deut 15:11 (followed by ‎מִן‎), and in poetry Judg 5:6; Judg 5:7 (twice in verse); 1Sam 2:5; Job 14:7 = be lacking, fail Job 19:14; Prov 10:19.

2. cease, leave off, followed by infinitive with ‎לְ‎ Gen 11:8 (J), Gen 41:49 (E), Num 9:13 (P), 1Sam 12:23; 1Sam 23:13; Jer 44:18; Jer 51:30; Deut 23:23*; Ps 36:4*; Prov 19:27; Ruth 1:18 infinitive alone Isa 1:16 so also Hos 8:10, where read ‎וְחָֽדְלוּ‎ for ‎וַיָּחֵלּוּ‎ ᵐ5 Che We; followed by infinitive with ‎מִן‎ Exod 23:5 (JE), 1Kgs 15:21 = 2Chr 16:5 followed by substantive with ‎מִן‎ (cease regarding) Isa 2:22 (but Che Du and others treat see as interpolation; omitted by ᵐ5), 1Sam 9:5; Prov 23:4 followed by ‎מֵאלהים‎ 2Chr 35:21, i.e. leave off provoking God; Exod 14:12 (J), followed by ‎מִמֶּנּו‎ desist from us, let us alone; Job 7:16 followed by accusative Job 3:17 ‎רֹגֶז‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎; Job 14:6 have rest (i.e. cease from being troubled, see Di; compare vJob 14:1); no complem. expressed, cease, forbear Judg 15:7; Judg 20:28; Amos 7:5; 1Kgs 22:6; 1Kgs 22:15 = 2Chr 18:5; 2Chr 18:14; Jer 40:4; Jer 41:8; Zech 11:12; Ps 49:9*; Job 16:6; 2Chr 25:16 specifically of refusal to hear Ezek 2:5; Ezek 2:7; Ezek 3:11; Ezek 3:27 (all opposed to ‎שָׁמַע‎). Hoph`al Perfect (contracted) with interrogative particle ‎הֶחֳדַלְתִּי‎ Judg 9:9; Judg 9:11; Judg 9:13 should I be made to leave, followed by accusative (compare Kö^{i, 240 ff.}); **Job 10:20 (but read here probably ‎יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי‎ ‎ᵐ5‎ ‎ᵑ6‎ Bi Bu Du); but perhaps read ‎הֶחָדַלְתִּי‎, Qal Perfect Stu Be, compare, for accusative followed by, Job 3:17.

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