חָלָה
châlâh(khaw-law')
“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”
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Definition
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
Translated in KJV as
beseech(be) diseased(put to) griefbe grieved(be) grievousinfirmityintreatlay toput to pain[idiom] praymake prayerbe (fall, make) sicksorebe sorrymake suit ([idiom] supplication)woman in travailbe (become) weakbe wounded.
Etymology
a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));
Chain Links
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“And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?”