חלש

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־שׁ (kh-l-sh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaˈlaʃ/

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Adjective

חַלָּשׁ • (khalásh) (feminine חַלָּשָׁה, masculine plural חַלָּשִׁים, feminine plural חַלָּשׁוֹת)

1. weak
   • Tanach, Joel 4:10, with Young's Literal Translation:

     כֹּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶם לִרְמָחִים הַחַלָּשׁ יֹאמַר גִּבּוֹר אָנִי

     kóttu ittēchém laḥaravót umazmərotēchém lirəmaḥím haḥallásh yomár gibbór aní

     Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I am mighty.'

   • 2011, “שקר”, performed by איה כורם:

     ואם לא היית כמוני חלש, לא היינו עכשיו מכורים

     vəím lo hayíta kamóni ḥalásh, lo hayínu 'achsháv məchurím

     and if you weren't weak like me, we wouldn't be addicted now

Related terms

• חולשה / חֻלְשָׁה (khulshá, “weakness”)
• הֶחְלִישׁ (hekhlish, “weaken”)
• נֶחְלַשׁ (nekhlásh, “to weaken, to decline”)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: חלשן (khaleshn)

References

• H2523 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• לחש, שלח

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχaɫəʃ/

Verb

חלש • (khalesh)

1. inflection of חלשן (khaleshn):
   1. first-person singular present
   2. imperative singular