I. חָלָה verb be weak, sick (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלָא suffer (rare); Assyrian —alû, sickness, grief, DlPr 181) —
2. become sick, ill Gen 48:1 (E)
1Sam 19:14;
1Sam 30:13;
1Kgs 14:1;
1Kgs 14:5;
1Kgs 15:23 (of Asa, =
חלא 2Chr 16:2)
2Chr 17:17;
2Kgs 1:2;
2Kgs 8:7;
2Kgs 13:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb)
2Kgs 20:12 =
Isa 39:1;
Isa 33:24;
Isa 38:9;
Prov 23:35;
Ps 35:13;
Neh 2:2, compare
Ps 77:11 חֲלוֺתִי for
חַלּוֺתִי Che after Bi;
lame and sick — i.e. imperfect for sacrifice — of animals
Mal 1:8;
Mal 1:13 sick from effect of wounds
2Kgs 8:29 =
2Chr 22:6, compare
Prov 23:35,
מַכָּה with
חֳלִי Deut 28:59;
Deut 28:61;
Jer 6:7;
Jer 10:19 hyperbole
sick from love
חוֺלַת אַהֲבָה אני Song 2:5;
Song 5:8 be sick unto dying חלה לָמוּת 2Kgs 20:1 =
Isa 38:1,
עדלֿמות׳ח (late)
2Chr 32:24;
Jer 5:3 read probably
לֹא חָלוּ֫ (for
ᵑ0 חָ֫לוּ, see I.
חול) of the people, unmoved by
׳י's chastisements;
thou hast smitten them, but they are not sick (compare
Niph`al Amos 6:6); of sickness of the mind in
ᵑ0 1Sam 22:8 followed by
עַל (but read rather
חֹמֵל ᵐ5 Gr Klo Dr);
participle as adjective
severe, sore רָעָה חוֺלָה Eccl 5:12;
Eccl 5:15 — on
Jer 4:31 see
חול.
Niph`al Perfect 1 singular
נֶחֱלֵיתִי Dan 8:27 3 plural
נֶחְלוּ Amos 6:6;
Jer 12:13 Participle feminine
נַחֲלָה Isa 17:11 + 4 t.; plural
נַחְלוֺת Ezek 34:4 (strike out Co) v
Ezek 34:21 —
1. make oneself sick, figurative for
strain oneself Jer 12:13 (but Gr
נִלְאוּ).
2. be made sick Dan 8:27 ׳לֹא נֶח of indifference, apathy
Amos 6:6 followed by
על (compare
Qal Jer 5:3); participle
diseased, as substantive with article
Ezek 34:4 (strike out Co) v
Ezek 34:21 =
severe, sore (predicate of
מַכָּה)
Nah 3:19;
Jer 10:19;
Jer 14:17;
Jer 30:12 also (
מַכָּה omitted)
Isa 17:11.
Pi`el Perfect חִלָּה make sick, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb +
בְּ of land
Deut 29:21 Infinitive construct חַלּוֺתִי הִיא Ps 77:11 read probably
חֲלוֺתִי Infinitive Qal;
my sickness, so Bi Che (others derive from
חלל my wounding, see De). — For other forms of Pi`el see II.
חלה.
Pu`al Perfect be made weak, 2 masculine singular
חֻלֵּיתָ Isa 14:10.
Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְחָ֑ל 2Sam 13:6 Imperative הִתְחָ֑ל 2Sam 13:5 Infinitive הִתְחַלּוֺת 2Sam 13:2 —
make oneself sick, of Ammon's morbid passion for his sister
2Sam 13:2, followed by
בַּעֲבוּר; of his pretended sickness of body
2Sam 13:5;
2Sam 13:6.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular
הֶחֱלִי Isa 53:10 1 singular
הֶחֱלֵתִי Mic 6:13 plural
הֶחֱלוּ Hos 7:5 (on text see below);
Participle מַחֲלָה Prov 13:12 —
1. make (
sick, i.e.)
sore thy smiting הַכּוֺתֶ֑ךָ Mic 6:13 (compare
Nah 3:19, Niph`al); object (implicit) a person,
חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֺ ׳וי הֶחֱלִי Isa 53:10 it pleased ׳י to bruise him, making him sick = to bruise him
sorely, see further Di.
2. make sick, object
לֵב (of hope deferred)
Prov 13:12.
3. shew (signs of)
sickness, become sick, only
שׂרים חֲמַת מִיָּ֑יִן ׳הֶח Hos 7:5 princes are become sick with fever of wine (Now Che VB; > Vrss Hi-St who read
הֵחֵלּוּ they begin the day with wine-fever).
Hoph`al Perfect be made sick = wounded הָֽחָלֵיתִי 1Kgs 22:34 =
2Chr 18:33;
2Chr 35:23.
II. [חָלָה] verb only Pi`el followed by פְּנֵי, פָּנֶיךָ, פָּנַיִךְ = mollify, appease, entreat the favour of, literally make the face of any one sweet or pleasant (compare Arabic , , be sweet, pleasant, Aramaic , חֲלִי, id., adjective חָלֵי sweet); —
1. ׳אתפֿנייֿ ׳׃ח a. mollify, pacify, appease ׳י, i.e. induce him to shew favour in place of wrath and chastisement
Exod 32:11 (JE),
1Kgs 13:6 ( +
הִתְפַּלֵּל), v
1Kgs 13:6;
2Kgs 13:4;
Jer 26:19 (+
וַיִּנָּ֫חֶם),
2Chr 33:12 (||
וַיִּכָּנַע מאד מִלִּפְנֵי),
Dan 9:13 also
פניאֵֿל ׳ח Mal 1:9 (followed by
וִיחָנֵּ֫נוּ that he may be gracious to us).
b. entreat the favour of ׳י, i.e. aim at success, prosperity, etc., through his favour,
1Sam 13:12 (in anticipation of war),
Zech 8:21;
Zech 8:22 (||
׳לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ; of cities and nations assembling at Jerusalem for worship),
Zech 7:2 (||
׳לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ) of worship at Jerusalem; quite generally, as habit of God-fearing man,
Ps 119:58 (+
בְּכָללַֿב).
2. entreat favour of men (in sense of
1 b) —
׳רַבִּים יְח פנינָֿדִיב Prov 19:6 many entreat a prince's favour (||
וְכָלהָֿרֵעַ לְאִישׁ מַתָּן);
פָּנָיִךְ ׳יח Ps 45:13 of favour of king's bride;
פָּנַיִךְ רַבִּים ׳וְח Job 11:19 favour of Job when absolved and restored.