{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1809",
  "lemma": "דָּלַל",
  "transliteration": "dâlal",
  "definition": "to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed",
  "kjv": "bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.",
  "occurrences": 9,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[דָּלַל] vb. hang, be low, languish",
    "Qal hang, ‘depend’",
    "Niph. be brought low, laid low"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 6:6",
      "text": "Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 17:4",
      "text": "“It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 19:6",
      "text": "The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 38:14",
      "text": "I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 79:8",
      "text": "Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/79?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 116:6",
      "text": "The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/116?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 142:7",
      "text": "Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/142?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 26:7",
      "text": "Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/26?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 28:4",
      "text": "He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/28?v=4"
    }
  ],
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