דָּלַל dâlal
Meaning
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
In the King James Version: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1802 (דָּלָה));
Where it is used
- Judges 6:6 Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Job 28:4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
- Psalms 79:8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- Psalms 116:6 The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
- Psalms 142:6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Proverbs 26:7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Isaiah 17:4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
- Isaiah 19:6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
- Isaiah 38:14 I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”