Lexical Definition

‎מַחֲלֶה‎ machăleh (makh-al-eh') sickness ^H:N-M
or (feminine) מַחֲלָה machălâh (makk-al-aw'); from ‎חָלָה‎

disease, infirmity, sickness.

• sickness

1) disease, sickness

See Greek: πόνος

Extended Information

• Also means: ma.cha.leh (‎מ‎ַ‎ח‎ֲ‎ל‎ֶ‎ה‎ "sickness" מַחֲלֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַחֲלֶה‎] noun [masculine] sickness, disease — suffix ‎מַחֲלֵהוּ‎ Prov 18:14 his sickness (= any sickness of his); of specific disease, construct ‎מַחֲלֵה מֵעֶ֑יךָ‎ 2Chr 21:15 (+ ‎בָּחֲלָיִים רַבִּים‎, ‎מֵהַחֹ֑לִי‎).

‎מַחֲלָה‎ noun feminine sickness, disease, ‎מַחֲלָה‎ Exod 15:26 + 3 t. — sickness, disease, (in general) Exod 23:25 (JE); so with ‎כל‎, 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28 (|| ‎כלנֶֿגַע‎), Exod 15:26 (J E; compare ‎אני יהוה רֹפְאֶ֑ךָ‎ near the end)

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