{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2470",
  "lemma": "חָלָה",
  "transliteration": "châlâh",
  "definition": "properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat",
  "kjv": "beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat…",
  "occurrences": 75,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָלָה vb. be weak, sick",
    "Qal",
    "1. be or become weak",
    "2. become sick, ill",
    "Niph.",
    "1. make oneself sick, fig. for strain oneself",
    "2. be made sick",
    "Pi. make sick",
    "Pu. be made weak",
    "Hithp. make oneself sick",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. make (sick, i.e.) sore thy smiting",
    "2. make sick",
    "3. shew (signs of) sickness, become sick",
    "Hoph. make sick = wounded",
    "חָלָה vb",
    "[חָלָה] vb. only Pi. mollify, appease, entreat the favour of"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:1",
      "text": "After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 32:11",
      "text": "Moses begged the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 29:21",
      "text": "The generation to come—your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/29?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:7",
      "text": "Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:11",
      "text": "He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak, and be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:17",
      "text": "He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:12",
      "text": "therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of the LORD.’…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:14",
      "text": "When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:8",
      "text": "Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 30:13",
      "text": "David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/30?v=13"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2470",
  "formats": {
    "html": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2470",
    "markdown": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2470.md",
    "text": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2470.txt",
    "json": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2470.json"
  },
  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}