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חָלָה

cha.lahbe weak: weakHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb75 occurrences25 books73 verses

Definition

a primitive root (compare H2342, H2470, H2490); 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
Traditional renderings: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָלָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

75 total
  1. Genesis 48:1חֹלֶ֑ה · is ill
    Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
  2. Exodus 32:11וַיְחַ֣ל · sought the favor
    But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
  3. Deuteronomy 29:22חִלָּ֥ה · has inflicted
    Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
  4. Judges 16:7וְחָלִ֥יתִי · I will become as weak
    Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  5. Judges 16:11וְחָלִ֥יתִי · I will become as weak
    He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  6. Judges 16:17וְחָלִ֥יתִי · and I will become as weak
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  7. 1 Samuel 13:12חִלִּ֑יתִי · sought
    I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
  8. 1 Samuel 19:14חֹלֶ֥ה · [is] ill
    When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
  9. 1 Samuel 22:8חֹלֶ֥ה · has shown concern
    Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
  10. 1 Samuel 30:13חָלִ֖יתִי · I fell ill
    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
  11. 2 Samuel 13:2לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹת · was sick
    Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
  12. 2 Samuel 13:5וְהִתְחָ֑ל · and pretend you are ill
    Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
  13. 2 Samuel 13:6וַיִּתְחָ֑ל · and feigned illness
    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
  14. 1 Kings 13:6חַל־ · Intercede; וַיְחַ֤ל · interceded
    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
  15. 1 Kings 14:1חָלָ֖ה · became ill
    At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
  16. 1 Kings 14:5חֹלֶ֣ה · is ill
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  17. 1 Kings 15:23חָלָ֖ה · he became diseased
    Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
  18. 1 Kings 17:17חָלָ֕ה · became ill
    Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
  19. 1 Kings 22:34הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃ · I am badly wounded
    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
  20. 2 Kings 1:2וַיָּ֑חַל · and injured himself
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
  21. 2 Kings 8:7חֹלֶ֑ה · was sick
    Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
  22. 2 Kings 8:29חֹלֶ֥ה · had been wounded
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  23. 2 Kings 13:4וַיְחַ֥ל · sought
    Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
  24. 2 Kings 13:14חָלָ֣ה · had fallen sick
    When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
  25. 2 Kings 20:1חָלָ֥ה · ill
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  26. 2 Kings 20:12חָלָ֖ה · illness
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
  27. 2 Chronicles 18:33הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃ · I am badly wounded
    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
  28. 2 Chronicles 22:6חֹלֶ֥ה · had been wounded
    So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  29. 2 Chronicles 32:24חָלָ֥ה · ill
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
  30. 2 Chronicles 33:12חִלָּ֕ה · [Manasseh] sought
    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  31. 2 Chronicles 35:23הָחֳלֵ֖יתִי · wounded
    There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
  32. Nehemiah 2:2חוֹלֶ֔ה · ill
    …so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
  33. Job 11:19וְחִלּ֖וּ · will court
    You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
  34. Psalm 35:13בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם · when they were ill
    Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
  35. Psalm 45:12יְחַלּ֗וּ · will seek
    The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
  36. Psalm 77:10חַלּ֣וֹתִי · I am grieved
    So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
  37. Psalm 119:58חִלִּ֣יתִי · I have sought
    I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
  38. Proverbs 13:12מַחֲלָה־ · sick
    Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  39. Proverbs 19:6יְחַלּ֣וּ · seek
    Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
  40. Proverbs 23:35חָלִיתִי֮ · pain
    “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
  41. Ecclesiastes 5:13חוֹלָ֔ה · a grievous
    There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
  42. Ecclesiastes 5:16חוֹלָ֔ה · is a grievous
    This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
  43. Song of Solomon 2:5חוֹלַ֥ת · am faint
    Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
  44. Song of Solomon 5:8שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת · [am] sick
    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  45. Isaiah 14:10חֻלֵּ֥יתָ · have become weak
    They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
  46. Isaiah 17:11נַחֲלָ֖ה · of disease
    …though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
  47. Isaiah 33:24חָלִ֑יתִי · I am sick
    And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
  48. Isaiah 38:1חָלָ֥ה · ill
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  49. Isaiah 38:9בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ · after his illness
    This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: