† I. חָלָה verb be weak, sick (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
חֲלָא suffer (rare); Assyrian
ḫalû,
sickness,
grief, Dl
Pr 181) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ 1 Kings 14:1 +
8 times;
2nd person feminine singular חָלִית Isaiah 57:10;
1st person singular חָלִיתִי 1 Samuel 30:13 +
2 times;
וְחָלִי֫תִי consecutive
Judges 16:7,
Judges 16:11,
Judges 16:17,
חָלוּ֫ Jeremiah 5:3 (so read, see below);
Imperfect וַיָּ֫חַל 2 Kings 1:2;
Infinitive suffix
חֲלֹתוֺ Isaiah 38:9;
חֲלוֺתִי Psalm 77:11 compare below
Pi.;
חֲלוֺתָם Psalm 35:13;
Participle חֹלֶה Genesis 48:1 +
6 times +
1 Samuel 22:8 (see below);
חוֺלֶה Nehemiah 2:2;
Malachi 1:13;
feminine חוֺלָה Ecclesiastes 5:12 +
3 times (for
Jeremiah 4:31 see I.
חוּל), construct
חוֺלַת Songs 2:5;
Songs 5:8; —
2. become sick, ill Genesis 48:1 (E)
1 Samuel 19:14;
1 Samuel 30:13;
1 Kings 14:1;
5;
1 Kings 15:23 (of Asa,=
חלא 2 Chronicles 16:2)
2 Chronicles 17:17;
2 Kings 1:2;
2 Kings 8:7;
2 Kings 13:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb)
2 Kings 20:12=
Isaiah 39:1;
Isaiah 33:24;
Isaiah 38:9;
Proverbs 23:35;
Psalm 35:13;
Nehemiah 2:2, compare
Psalm 77:11 חֲלוֺתִי for
חַלּוֺתִי Che after Bi;
lame and sick — i.e. imperfect for sacrifice — of animals
Malachi 1:8;
13;
sick from effect of wounds
2 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 22:6, compare
Proverbs 23:35,
מַכָּה with
חֳלִי Deuteronomy 28:59;
61;
Jeremiah 6:7;
Jeremiah 10:19; hyperbole
sick from love
חוֺלַת אַהֲבָה אני Songs 2:5;
Songs 5:8;
be sick unto dying חלה לָמוּת 2 Kings 20:1=
Isaiah 38:1,
עדלֿמות ח׳ (late)
2 Chronicles 32:24;
Jeremiah 5:3 read probably
לֹא חָלוּ֫ (for MT
חָ֫לוּ, see I.
חול) of the people, unmoved by
י׳'s chastisements;
thou hast smitten them, but they are not sick (compare
Niph. Amos 6:6); of sickness of the mind in MT
1 Samuel 22:8 followed by
עַל (but read rather
חֹמֵל Gr Klo Dr);
participle as adjective
severe, sore רָעָה חוֺלָה Ecclesiastes 5:12;
Ecclesiastes 5:15; — on
Jeremiah 4:31 see I.
חול.
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נֶחֱלֵיתִי Daniel 8:27;
3rd person plural נֶחְלוּ Amos 6:6;
Jeremiah 12:13;
Participle feminine נַחֲלָה Isaiah 17:11 +
4 times; plural
נַחְלוֺת Ezekiel 34:4 (strike out Co)
Ezekiel 34:21; —
1. make oneself sick, figurative for
strain oneself Jeremiah 12:13 (but Gr
נִלְאוּ).
Pi. Perfect חִלָּה make sick, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb +
בְּ of land
Deuteronomy 29:21;
Infinitive construct חַלּוֺתִי הִיא Psalm 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. see II.
חלה.
Pu. Perfect be made weak,
2nd person masculine singular חֻלֵּיתָ Isaiah 14:10.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְחָ֑ל 2 Samuel 13:6;
Imperative הִתְחָ֑ל 2 Samuel 13:5;
Infinitive הִתְחַלּוֺת 2 Samuel 13:2; —
make oneself sick, of Ammon's morbid passion for his sister
2 Samuel 13:2, followed by
בַּעֲבוּר; of his pretended sickness of body
2 Samuel 13:5;
6.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶחֱלִי Isaiah 53:10;
1st person singular הֶחֱלֵתִי Micah 6:13; plural
הֶחֱלוּ Hosea 7:5 (on text see below);
Participle מַחֲלָה Proverbs 13:12; —
1. make (
sick, i.e.)
sore thy smiting הַכּוֺתֶ֑ךָ Micah 6:13 (compare
Nahum 3:19, Niph.); object (implicit) a person,
חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֺ וי׳ הֶחֱלִי Isaiah 53:10 it pleased י׳ to bruise him, making him sick=to bruise him
sorely, see further Di.
3. shew (signs of)
sickness, become sick, only
שׂרים חֲמַת מִיָּ֑יִן הֶח׳ Hosea 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. Perfect be made sick=wounded הָֽחָלֵיתִי 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33;
35:23.
II. [
חָלָה]
verb only
Pi. followed by
פְּנֵי,
פָּנֶיךָ,
פָּנַיִךְ mollify, appease, entreat the favour of, literally
make the face of any one
sweet or
pleasant (compare Arabic
حَلَا,
حَلِىَ,
be sweet, pleasant, Aramaic
Wlo,
חֲלִי,
id., adjective
חָלֵי sweet); —
Pi. Perfect חִלָּה 2 Chronicles 33:12,
חִלִּיתִי 1 Samuel 13:12;
Psalm 119:58,
וְחִלּוּ consecutive
Job 11:19,
חִלִּינוּ Daniel 9:13;
Imperfect וַיְחַל Exodus 32:11 +
3 times,
יְחַלּוּ Psalm 45:13;
Proverbs 19:6;
Imperative חַלנָֿא 1 Kings 13:6,
חַלּוּנָֿא Malachi 1:9;
Infinitive construct לְחַלּוֺת Zechariah 7:2 +
2 times; —
1. אתפֿנייֿ׳ ׃ח׳
b. entreat the favour of י׳, i.e. aim at success, prosperity, etc., through his favour,
1 Samuel 13:12 (in anticipation of war),
Zechariah 8:21;
22 (||
לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ׳; of cities and nations assembling at Jerusalem for worship),
Zechariah 7:2 (||
לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ׳) of worship at Jerusalem; quite generally, as habit of God-fearing man,
Psalm 119:58 (+
בְּכָללַֿב).
2. entreat favour of men (in sense of
1b) —
רַבִּים יְח׳ פנינָֿדִיב Proverbs 19:6 many entreat a prince's favour (||
וְכָלהָֿרֵעַ לְאִישׁ מַתָּן);
פָּנַיִךְ יח׳ Psalm 45:13 of favour of king's bride;
רַבִּים פָּנַיִךְ וְח׳ Job 11:19 favour of Job when absolved and restored.
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