חולה

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ה (kh-l-h)

Pronunciation

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Verb

חוֹלֶה • (kholé)

1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of חָלָה (khalá).

Adjective

חוֹלֶה • (kholé) (feminine חוֹלָה)

1. sick, ill

Noun

חוֹלֶה • (kholé) m (plural indefinite חוֹלִים, singular construct חוֹלֵה־, feminine counterpart חוֹלָה)

1. sick person

Derived terms

• בֵּית חוֹלִים (béit-kholím)
• חוֹלָנִי (kholaní)

References

• H2470 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “חולה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חולה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• כוילע (khoyle) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew חוֹלֶה.

Noun

חולה • (khoyle) m, plural חולאָים (kheloyem)

1. sick person

Related terms

• חלאַת (khalas)
• מחלה (makhle)