חלש

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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

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: חלשן (khaleshn)

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Pronunciation

Verb

חלש • (khalesh)

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