Strong's Lexicon

H2522

H2522 — חָלַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchalashverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 671

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2522
Word:	חָלַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	chalash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-lash'
Meaning:	1. to prostrate 2. (by implication) to overthrow, decay
KJV Renderings:	discomfit, waste away, weaken.

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[חָלַשׁ]

verb 1. be weak, prostrate.

2. (si vera lectio) weaken, disable, prostrate

(Aramaic חֲלַשׁ be weak; [untranscribed source text 1792], חַלָּשׁ weak, as in Hebrew; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1793] poor (Frey)) —

Qal Imperfect וַיַּחֲלשׁ Exod 17:13, וַיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ Job 14:10 Participle חוֺלֵשׁ Isa 14:12

1. ׳ וגבר ימות ויח Job 14:10 but man dieth and is prostrate.

2. disable, prostrate, followed by accusative of person Exod 17:13 ( E ; point as Hiph`il ?); followed by עַל person (strangely) Isa 14:12.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חלש (g’hāh-lash’)

Exodus 17:18

EHCC: And Joshua discomfited Amalek

Job 14:10

KJV: But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?wasteth…: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off

EHCC: But man dieth, aad wasteth away: (mary

Isaiah 14:12

KJV: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!O Lucifer: or, O day star

EHCC: which didst weaken the nations!