דַּלָּה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1803
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
hair tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
דַּלָּה: n.f. hair, thrum tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. coll., hair, thrum (both from hanging down)—דַּלָּה Is 38:12; cstr. דַּלַּת Ct 7:6;—hair, ד׳ ראשׁך Ct 7:6; thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom) in sim. of premature death מִדַּלָּה יְבַצְּעֵנִי Is 38:12.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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: loom (1); the hair (1).
In the verses
רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֥ת רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן מֶ֖לֶךְ אָס֥וּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃
Word for word: head your on you [is].like (the) Carmel and the.hair your.head your [is].like.(the) purple wool [the].king [is].bound by the tresses
JPS 1917: Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof.
דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃
Word for word: dwelling-place my it.has.been.pulled.up and it.has.been.removed from me like the.tent of my.shepherd I.have.rolled.up like (the) weaver life my from.[the] loom he cuts.me.off from day unto night you make.an.end.of.me
JPS 1917: My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.
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