דַּלdal
דַּל: see below דלל
Pronunciation: dal · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1800
Meanings
דַּל: low, weak, poor, thin, weak, thin, reduced, poor, reduced, weak, helpless (Leviticus 14:21; Exodus 23:3; Psalms 82:3; Amos 2:7; Genesis 41:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 47 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 23:3 And do not slant your testimony in favor of a person just because that person is poor.
- Exodus 30:15 When this offering is given to the Lord to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
- Leviticus 14:21 “But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.
- Leviticus 19:15 “Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being partial to the rich and powerful. Always judge people fairly.
- Judges 6:15 “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
- Ruth 3:10 “The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.
See every passage
- Exodus 23:3, 30:15
- Leviticus 14:21, 19:15
- Judges 6:15
- Ruth 3:10
- 1 Samuel 2:8
- 2 Samuel 3:1, 13:4
- Job 5:16, 20:10, 20:19, 31:16, 34:19, 34:28
- Psalms 41:1, 72:13, 82:3, 82:4, 113:7
- Proverbs 10:15, 14:31, 19:4, 19:17, 21:13, 22:9, 22:16, 22:22, 28:3, 28:8, 28:11, 28:15, 29:7, 29:14
- Isaiah 10:2, 11:4, 14:30, 25:4, 26:6
- Jeremiah 5:4, 39:10
- Amos 2:7, 4:1, 5:11, 8:6
- Zephaniah 3:12
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).