חָלָה

Strong’s 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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));

KJV Usage

beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry
• 2.(qal) to be weak, be sick
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(niphal)
• 5.(pual) to be made weak, become weak
• 6.(hithpael) to make oneself sick
• 7.(hiphil)
• 8.(hophal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châlâh; Pronunciation: khaw-law'