דָּלַף
dâlaph · H1811 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to leak
State in which an object has a hole or crack in it, so that liquids or other objects can pass through
ExamplesJob 16:20 “My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God,
Psalm 119:28 My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 Through extreme laziness the rafters sag, and through idleness the house leaks.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
- עַיִןeye, sight 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ אֱלוֹהַּGod, god 1
- מִןfrom+ תּוּגָהgrief 1
- בin/on/with+ שִׁפְלוּתidleness 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נָטַף nâṭaph · H5197 · to drop, to drip
- Hebrew verb for liquid dropping or dripping down, closely overlapping with דָּלַף in the sense of liquid falling in drops; both verbs can describe liquids dripping or dropping, though נָטַף is more commonly used for prophetic speech 'dropping' or distilling and natural dripping imagery
- זוּב zûwb · H2100 · to flow, to gush out, to have a discharge
- Hebrew verb for liquid flowing or gushing, semantically near to דָּלַף in describing liquid motion, though זוּב typically implies a more continuous or abundant flow rather than intermittent dropping
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Impact002001001024
- דָּלַף describes dripping or leaking through, the wearing, penetrating action of water dropping steadily, as in the comparison of a nagging wife to a constant dripping on a rainy day.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1811. dalaph דָּלַף verb drop, drip (Wisdom Literature.) (Late Hebrew id. (זלף more…
דָּלַף verb drop, drip (Wisdom Literature.) (Late Hebrew id. (זלף more common), דֶּלֶף through, etc., Aramaic דְּלַף, , drip) —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular עֵינִי דָּֽלְפָה אֶלאֱֿלוֺהַּ Job 16:20 i.e. weeps (drops in tears); מִתּוּגָה נַפְשִׁי דָּֽלְפָה Psa 119:28 i.e. weeps (itself away Che compare De); Imperfect הַבָּֽיִת׃ יִדְלֹף יָדַיִם בְּשִׁפְלוּת Ecc 10:18 the house drips, i.e. leaks, because cracks are not mended.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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