דָּלַף
dalaf · drip, weep
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1811 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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dalaf (דָּלַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drip, weep”.
To drip; of the eyes, to shed tears.
How to say it
da·laf
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
- To fall drop by drop; to dissolve in tears.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drips ×1
- leaks ×1
- melts away ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 16:20
Those who mock me are my companions; toward Eloah my eye drips,
- Psalms 119:28
My soul melts away from grief; raise me up according to your word.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through laziness the roof sinks, and through drooping hands the house leaks.