חָלַשׁ

«חָלַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: be weak — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: lemma:חָלַשׁ · BDB: חָלַשׁ

Glosses

O.[you.who].defeat (1); he.defeated (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be weak tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weak, prostrate weaken, disable, prostrate Hiph. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be weak, prostrate. (si vera l.) weaken, disable, prostrate (Aramaic חֲלַשׁ be weak; ܚܰܠܳܫ, חַלָּשׁ weak, as in Heb.; Arabic مُحْلِس poor (Frey))— Impf. וַיַּחֲלֹשׁ Ex 17:13, וַיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ Jb 14:10; Pt. חוֹלֵשׁ Is 14:12; וגבר ימות ויח׳ Jb 14:10 but man dieth and is prostrate. disable, prostrate, sq. acc. pers. Ex 17:13 (E; point as Hiph.?); sq. עַל pers. (strangely) Is 14:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָלַשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 17:13

וַיַּחֲלֹ֧שׁ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֥ק וְאֶת־עַמּ֖וֹ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃פ

Word for word: and he.defeated Joshua (et) Amalek and (et) people its to.[the] mouth of.[the].sword

JPS 1917: And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Isaiah 14:12

אֵ֛יךְ נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ לָאָ֔רֶץ חוֹלֵ֖שׁ עַל־גּוֹיִֽם׃

Word for word: how! you.have.fallen from heaven O.shining.one son of.dawn you.have.been.cut.down to the ground O.[you.who].defeat over [the].nations

JPS 1917: How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, that didst cast lots over the nations!

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