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ḥālā חָלָהAbe weak, Bto beg’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ḥūl חוּל ‘to twist / be firm’, ḥālā חָלָה ‘be weak / to beg’, ḥālal חָלַל ‘to bore / to play flute / to profane/begin’
Variants: חָלָה, חָלָה

ḥālā v
A1) 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
 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
B1) (Piel)
 1a) (CLBL) to mollify, entreat, pray, beg

Mentioned in Genesis 48:1 Exodus 32:11 Deuteronomy 29:21 Judges 16:7, 16:11, 16:17 1 Samuel 30:13, 22:8, 13:12, 19:14 2 Samuel 13:5, 13:2, 13:6 1 Kings 14:1, 14:5, 17:17, 13:6, 22:34, 15:23 2 Kings 13:14, 8:29, 1:2, 8:7, 13:4, 20:1, 20:12 Isaiah 14:10, 38:1, 39:1, 53:10, 33:24, 57:10, 17:11, 38:9 Jeremiah 4:31, 10:19, 14:17, 26:19, 30:12, 12:13 Ezekiel 34:4, 34:16, 34:21 Hosea 7:5 Amos 6:6 Micah 6:13, 1:12 Nahum 3:19 Zechariah 8:21, 7:2, 8:22 Malachi 1:8, 1:9, 1:13 Psalms 77:11, 119:58, 35:13, 45:13 Proverbs 19:6, 13:12, 23:35 Job 11:19 Song of Songs 2:5, 5:8 Ecclesiastes 5:15, 5:12 Daniel 8:27, 9:13 Nehemiah 2:2 2 Chronicles 33:12, 22:6, 18:33, 32:24, 35:23

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