2 Samuel 13:4:62 Sam.13.4.W6TAB
דַּ֤ל
dal
“weak, thin”
- Transliteration
- DAL
- Extended
- DAHL
- IPA
- /ˈdal/
Meaning by language
- English
- weak, thin
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DAL
- phraseyour reading level
ka-KHA DAL ben-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer LO mad-DU-a a-TA ka-KHA DAL ben-ha-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker ha-LO ta-GID LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO mad-DU-a a-TA ka-KHA DAL ben-ha-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker ha-LO ta-GID LI va-YO-mer LO am-NON et-ta-MAR a-KHOT av-sha-LOM a-KHI a-NI o-HEV
Exegesis
The question opens with Maddûa‘ {מַדּ֣וּעַ | Maddûa‘}, intensified by the demonstrative kākâh {כָּכָה | kākâh} and adjective ḏāl {דַּ֤ל | ḏāl}, depicting the prince’s frailty.
Root and etymology
ד־ל־ל
“to be weak”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:4
And he said to him, "Why are you so weak , O son of the king, morning after morning ? Will you not tell me?" And Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, the sister of Absalom my brother."
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 13:4, so the Hebrew word דַּ֤ל (dal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.13.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.4.W6.S1) and character.