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חַלָּשׁ‏ adj. weak

weak JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgO Ex32:18 : לָא קָל גִיבָרִין דְנָצְחִין בִקרָבָא וְאַף לָא קָל חַלָשִין דְמִתַברִין‏ neither the voice of warriors victorious in battle nor even the voice of weak ones being defeated. TN Ex32:18 : קל חלשין דמתנצחין בקרבא‏ . PJ Ex32:18 .

wretched JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. TgJ Zec12:8 : דְחַלָש בְהוֹן בְעִדָנָא הַהוּ‏ who are wretched among them at that time. TgLam1:22 : ארום סגיאו אנחתי ולבי חלש‏ for my groans have become many and my heart is wretched.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 204a; DJBA: 467a; Jastrow: 474; Levy Ch-W: 1:263; Tal Sam: 277;

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Derivatives:

ḥlšw, ḥlšwtˀ (ḥallāšū, ḥallāšūṯā) n.f. weakness