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Hebrew
Etymology
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Related to Aramaic (ḥlš, “to be weak”),[1] and possibly also Aramaic (qlš),[2] which is associated with meanings "thin", "reduce".
Sense 2 is from a rabbinic interpretation of Isaiah 14:12 as saying "cast lots over the nations" instead of the more common "weaken the nations".
Sense 3 is from an interpretation of the previous verse, as well as Exodus 17:13.
Root
ח־ל־שׁ • (ḥ-l-š)
- Related to weakness.
- (post-Biblical) Related to lots, sortition.
- (post-Biblical) Related to control, governance.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “ḥlš2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ^ “qlš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Further reading
- “ח־ל־שׁ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “ח־ל־ש”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “חלשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 220c
- A. Murtonen (1989) “XLʃ”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184