# דַּלָּה (dalah)

Israeli respelling: da-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1803. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent

King James renderings: hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/dalah-h1803

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 41:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/19) — And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt…
- [2 Kings 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/14) — And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen…
- [2 Kings 25:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/12) — But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
- [Song of Solomon 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/5) — Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
- [Isaiah 38:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/12) — Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sic…
- [Jeremiah 40:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/7) — Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah…
- [Jeremiah 52:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/15) — Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remain…
- [Jeremiah 52:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/16) — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.