חָדֵלchâdêl

forbearing, lacking

Pronunciation: khaw-dale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2310

Meanings

Qal: but read rather חֶלֶד (Isaiah 53:3; Psalms 39:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 39:4 “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is.
  • Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
  • Ezekiel 3:27 But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels.

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).