Lexical Definition

‎חָלָה‎ châlâh (khaw-law') be weak: weak ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎חוּל‎, ‎חָלָה‎, ‎חָלַל‎)

beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

• properly, to be rubbed or worn
• hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted
• or (causatively) to grieve, make sick
• also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry
1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak
1b2) to become sick, become ill
1b3) (CLBL) to entreat, pray, beg
1c) (Niphal)
1c1) to make oneself sick
1c2) to be made sick
1c3) to be tired
1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak
1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick
1f) (Hiphil)
1f1) to make sore
1f2) to make sick
1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick
1f4) to grieve
1g) (Hophal)
1g1) to be made sick
1g2) to be wounded

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Extended Information

• : weak/disabled

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָלָה‎ verb be weak, sick (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎חֲלָא‎ suffer (rare); Assyrian —alû, sickness, grief, Dl^{Pr 181}) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Kgs 14:1 + 8 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎חָלִית‎ Isa 57:10 1 singular ‎חָלִיתִי‎ 1Sam 30:13 + 2 t.; ‎וְחָלִי֫תִי‎ consecutive Judg 16:7; Judg 16:11; Judg 16:17, ‎חָלוּ֫‎ Jer 5:3 (so read, see below); Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫חַל‎ 2Kgs 1:2 Infinitive suffix ‎חֲלֹתוֺ‎ Isa 38:9 ‎חֲלוֺתִי‎ Ps 77:11* compare below Pi`el; ‎חֲלוֺתָם‎ Ps 35:13 Participle ‎חֹלֶה‎ Gen 48:1 + 6 t. + 1Sam 22:8 (see below); ‎חוֺלֶה‎ Neh 2:2; Mal 1:13 feminine ‎חוֺלָה‎ Eccl 5:12* + 3 t. (for Jer 4:31 see I. ‎חוּל‎), construct ‎חוֺלַת‎ Song 2:5; Song 5:8 —

1. be or become weak, Samson Judg 16:7; Judg 16:11; Judg 16:17 feel weak Isa 57:10 (Che) Ezek 34:4; Ezek 34:16.

2. become sick, ill Gen 48:1 (E) 1Sam 19:14; 1Sam 30:13; 1Kgs 14:1; 1Kgs 14:5; 1Kgs 15:23 (of Asa, = ‎חלא‎ 2Chr 16:2) 2Chr 17:17; 2Kgs 1:2; 2Kgs 8:7; 2Kgs 13:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) 2Kgs 20:12 = Isa 39:1; Isa 33:24; Isa 38:9; Prov 23:35; Ps 35:13; Neh 2:2, compare Ps 77:11* ‎חֲלוֺתִי‎ for ‎חַלּוֺתִי‎ Che after Bi; lame and sick — i.e. imperfect for sacrifice — of animals Mal 1:8; Mal 1:13 sick from effect of wounds 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 22:6, compare Prov 23:35, ‎מַכָּה‎ with ‎חֳלִי‎ Deut 28:59; Deut 28:61; Jer 6:7; Jer 10:19 hyperbole sick from love ‎חוֺלַת אַהֲבָה אני‎ Song 2:5; Song 5:8 be sick unto dying ‎חלה לָמוּת‎ 2Kgs 20:1 = Isa 38:1, ‎עדלֿמות‎‎׳‎‎ח‎ (late) 2Chr 32:24; Jer 5:3 read probably ‎לֹא חָלוּ֫‎ (for ᵑ0 ‎חָ֫לוּ‎, see I. ‎חול‎) of the people, unmoved by ‎׳‎‎י‎'s chastisements; thou hast smitten them, but they are not sick (compare Niph`al Amos 6:6); of sickness of the mind in ᵑ0 1Sam 22:8 followed by ‎עַל‎ (but read rather ‎חֹמֵל‎ ᵐ5 Gr Klo Dr); participle as adjective severe, sore ‎רָעָה חוֺלָה‎ Eccl 5:12*; Eccl 5:15* — on Jer 4:31 see ‎חול‎. Niph`al Perfect 1 singular ‎נֶחֱלֵיתִי‎ Dan 8:27 3 plural ‎נֶחְלוּ‎ Amos 6:6; Jer 12:13 Participle feminine ‎נַחֲלָה‎ Isa 17:11 + 4 t.; plural ‎נַחְלוֺת‎ Ezek 34:4 (strike out Co) vEzek 34:21 —

1. make oneself sick, figurative for strain oneself Jer 12:13 (but Gr ‎נִלְאוּ‎).

2. be made sick Dan 8:27 ‎׳‎‎לֹא נֶח‎ of indifference, apathy Amos 6:6 followed by ‎על‎ (compare Qal Jer 5:3); participle diseased, as substantive with article Ezek 34:4 (strike out Co) vEzek 34:21 = severe, sore (predicate of ‎מַכָּה‎) Nah 3:19; Jer 10:19; Jer 14:17; Jer 30:12 also (‎מַכָּה‎ omitted) Isa 17:11. Pi`el Perfect ‎חִלָּה‎ make sick, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + ‎בְּ‎ of land Deut 29:21* Infinitive construct ‎חַלּוֺתִי הִיא‎ Ps 77:11* read probably ‎חֲלוֺתִי‎ Infinitive Qal; my sickness, so Bi Che (others derive from ‎חלל‎ my wounding, see De). — For other forms of Pi`el see II. ‎חלה‎. Pu`al Perfect be made weak, 2 masculine singular ‎חֻלֵּיתָ‎ Isa 14:10. Hithpa`el Imperfect ‎וַיִּתְחָ֑ל‎ 2Sam 13:6 Imperative ‎הִתְחָ֑ל‎ 2Sam 13:5 Infinitive ‎הִתְחַלּוֺת‎ 2Sam 13:2 — make oneself sick, of Ammon's morbid passion for his sister 2Sam 13:2, followed by ‎בַּעֲבוּר‎; of his pretended sickness of body 2Sam 13:5; 2Sam 13:6. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֶחֱלִי‎ Isa 53:10 1 singular ‎הֶחֱלֵתִי‎ Mic 6:13 plural ‎הֶחֱלוּ‎ Hos 7:5 (on text see below); Participle ‎מַחֲלָה‎ Prov 13:12 —

1. make (sick, i.e.) sore thy smiting ‎הַכּוֺתֶ֑ךָ‎ Mic 6:13 (compare Nah 3:19, Niph`al); object (implicit) a person, ‎חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וי‎ ‎הֶחֱלִי‎ Isa 53:10 it pleased ‎׳‎‎י‎ to bruise him, making him sick = to bruise him sorely, see further Di.

2. make sick, object ‎לֵב‎ (of hope deferred) Prov 13:12.

3. shew (signs of) sickness, become sick, only ‎שׂרים חֲמַת מִיָּ֑יִן‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ Hos 7:5 princes are become sick with fever of wine (Now Che VB; > Vrss Hi-St who read ‎הֵחֵלּוּ‎ they begin the day with wine-fever). Hoph`al Perfect be made sick = wounded ‎הָֽחָלֵיתִי‎ 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33; 2Chr 35:23.

II. [‎חָלָה‎] verb only Pi`el followed by ‎פְּנֵי‎, ‎פָּנֶיךָ‎, ‎פָּנַיִךְ‎ = mollify, appease, entreat the favour of, literally make the face of any one sweet or pleasant (compare Arabic , , be sweet, pleasant, Aramaic , ‎חֲלִי‎, id., adjective ‎חָלֵי‎ sweet); —

Pi`el Perfect ‎חִלָּה‎ 2Chr 33:12, ‎חִלִּיתִי‎ 1Sam 13:12; Ps 119:58, ‎וְחִלּוּ‎ consecutive Job 11:19, ‎חִלִּינוּ‎ Dan 9:13 Imperfect ‎וַיְחַל‎ Exod 32:11 + 3 t., ‎יְחַלּוּ‎ Ps 45:13*; Prov 19:6 Imperative ‎חַלנָֿא‎ 1Kgs 13:6, ‎חַלּוּנָֿא‎ Mal 1:9 Infinitive construct ‎לְחַלּוֺת‎ Zech 7:2 + 2 t.; —

1. ‎׳‎‎אתפֿנייֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎׃ח‎
a. mollify, pacify, appease ‎׳‎‎י‎, i.e. induce him to shew favour in place of wrath and chastisement Exod 32:11 (JE), 1Kgs 13:6 ( + ‎הִתְפַּלֵּל‎), v1Kgs 13:6; 2Kgs 13:4; Jer 26:19 (+ ‎וַיִּנָּ֫חֶם‎), 2Chr 33:12 (|| ‎וַיִּכָּנַע מאד מִלִּפְנֵי‎), Dan 9:13 also ‎פניאֵֿל‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Mal 1:9 (followed by ‎וִיחָנֵּ֫נוּ‎ that he may be gracious to us).
b. entreat the favour of ‎׳‎‎י‎, i.e. aim at success, prosperity, etc., through his favour, 1Sam 13:12 (in anticipation of war), Zech 8:21; Zech 8:22 (|| ‎׳‎‎לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ‎; of cities and nations assembling at Jerusalem for worship), Zech 7:2 (|| ‎׳‎‎לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ‎) of worship at Jerusalem; quite generally, as habit of God-fearing man, Ps 119:58 (+ ‎בְּכָללַֿב‎).

2. entreat favour of men (in sense of 1 b) — ‎׳‎‎רַבִּים יְח‎ ‎פנינָֿדִיב‎ Prov 19:6 many entreat a prince's favour (|| ‎וְכָלהָֿרֵעַ לְאִישׁ מַתָּן‎); ‎פָּנָיִךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎יח‎ Ps 45:13* of favour of king's bride; ‎פָּנַיִךְ רַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎וְח‎ Job 11:19 favour of Job when absolved and restored.

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