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מַחֲלֶה

Biblical Hebrew

sickness — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

sickness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲלֶה: sickness, disease tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] sickness, disease—sf. מַחֲלֵהוּ Pr 18:14 his sickness (= any sickness of his); of specif. disease, cstr. מַחֲלֵה מֵעֶ֑יךָ 2 Ch 21:15 (+ בָּחֳלָיִים רַבִּים, מֵהַחֹ֑לִי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sickness (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 18:14 · tree →

רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃

Word for word: [the].spirit of.a.person it.will.endure sickness his and a.spirit stricken who? will he.bear.it

JPS 1917: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

2 Chronicles 21:15 · tree →

וְאַתָּ֛ה בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים בְּמַחֲלֵ֣ה מֵעֶ֑יךָ עַד־יֵצְא֤וּ מֵעֶ֙יךָ֙ מִן־הַחֹ֔לִי יָמִ֖ים עַל־יָמִֽים׃

Word for word: and you [will be].in.sickness(es) great in.(the) sickness your.bowels your until they.will.come.out bowels your from the sickness days to days

JPS 1917: and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.'

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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