דַּל adjective low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisdom literature and poetry) — דַּל [Lev 14:21] + 8 t., דָּ֑ל [Exod 23:3] + 17 t. + שָדּל [Ps 82:3] דַּלִּים [Amos 2:7] + 17 t.; דַּלּוֺת [Gen 41:19] — weak, thin, of kine [Gen 41:19] (E); of Amnon [2Sam 13:4] weak, of family of Saul [2Sam 3:1] (opposed to חָזֵק) compare [Judg 6:15] reduced, poor (opposed to rich) [Lev 14:21](P) [Ruth 3:10] (opposed to עָשִׁיר) [Jer 5:4] (opposed to הגדולים, v[Jer 5:5]) [Prov 28:15]; [Zeph 3:12] (עַם עָנִי וָדָ֑ל); mostly substantive, a poor (man), the poor [Exod 23:3] (JE); opposed to עָשִׁיר [Exod 30:15] (P) [Prov 10:15]; [Prov 22:16]; [Prov 28:11] opposed to הוֺן [Prov 19:4] || אביון [1Sam 2:8]; [Job 5:16]; [Ps 72:13]; [Ps 82:4]; [Ps 113:7]; [Prov 14:31]; [Isa 14:30]; [Isa 25:4]; [Amos 4:1]; [Amos 8:6] compare also [Job 20:10]; [Job 20:19]; [Prov 22:9]; [Jer 39:10] reduced, weak, helpless (|| עני) [Job 34:28]; [Ps 82:3](|| also יתום), [Prov 22:22]; [Prov 10:2]; [Prov 11:4]; [Prov 26:6]; [Amos 2:7] || אלמנה [Job 31:16] opposed to שׁוֺעַ [Job 34:19] — compare also [Ps 41:2]; [Prov 19:17]; [Prov 21:13]; [Prov 28:3]; [Prov 28:8]; [Prov 29:7]; [Prov 29:14].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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