דַּל

דַּל adjective low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisdom literature and poetry) — דַּל 3 Mos 14,21 + 8 t., דָּ֑ל 2 Mos 23,3 + 17 t. + שָדּל Sl 82,3 דַּלִּים Amos 2,7 + 17 t.; דַּלּוֺת 1 Mos 41,19 — weak, thin, of kine 1 Mos 41,19 (E); of Amnon 2 Sam 13,4 weak, of family of Saul 2 Sam 3,1 (opposed to חָזֵק) compare Dom 6,15 reduced, poor (opposed to rich) 3 Mos 14,21(P) Rut 3,10 (opposed to עָשִׁיר) Jer 5,4 (opposed to הגדולים, vJer 5,5) Ord 28,15; Sef 3,12 (עַם עָנִי וָדָ֑ל); mostly substantive, a poor (man), the poor 2 Mos 23,3 (JE); opposed to עָשִׁיר 2 Mos 30,15 (P) Ord 10,15; Ord 22,16; Ord 28,11 opposed to הוֺן Ord 19,4 || אביון 1 Sam 2,8; Job 5,16; Sl 72,13; Sl 82,4; Sl 113,7; Ord 14,31; Es 14,30; Es 25,4; Amos 4,1; Amos 8,6 compare also Job 20,10; Job 20,19; Ord 22,9; Jer 39,10 reduced, weak, helpless (|| עני) Job 34,28; Sl 82,3(|| also יתום), Ord 22,22; Ord 10,2; Ord 11,4; Ord 26,6; Amos 2,7 || אלמנה Job 31,16 opposed to שׁוֺעַ Job 34,19 — compare also Sl 41,2; Ord 19,17; Ord 21,13; Ord 28,3; Ord 28,8; Ord 29,7; Ord 29,14.