dala · thin; poor

What it means

dala (דַּלָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thin; poor”.

Thin, weak, scrawny. Elsewhere, poor.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Hair; also the loose threads of a loom.
2. The humblest people of the land.
3. Thin, poor-looking.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• poorest ×4
• poor ×2
• threads of the loom ×1
• tresses ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 2 Kings×2
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×3

• Genesis 41:19

  And look, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly in form and lean in flesh; I have never seen any like them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

• 2 Kings 24:14

  He carried into exile all Jerusalem, and all the officials, and all the mighty men of the force, ten thousand exiles, and every craftsman and smith; none remained except the poorest of the people of the land.

• 2 Kings 25:12

  But of the poorest of the land the chief of the guard left some as vinedressers and farmers.

• Song of Songs 7:5

  Your head upon you is like Carmel, and the tresses of your head like purple; a king is held captive in the locks.

• Isaiah 38:12

  My dwelling has been pulled up and removed from me like a tent of a shepherd; I have rolled up like the weaver my life; from the threads of the loom he will cut me off; from day to night you will make an end of me.

• Jeremiah 40:7

  And all the chiefs of the forces who were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam in the land, and that he had entrusted to him men and women and little ones, and some of the poor of the land, of those who had not been carried into exile to Babylon;

• Jeremiah 52:15

  And of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard carried into exile.

• Jeremiah 52:16

  But of the poorest of the land Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard left some as vinedressers and farmers.