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 it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.”