וְ/הִתְחָ֑ל — 2 Samuel 13:5 Hebrew Word Study

וְ/הִתְחָ֑ל

𐤅/𐤄𐤕𐤇𐤋

vehitechal

and pretend to be ill

a primitive root (compare חוּל, חָלָה, חָלַל); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat; beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

H2470

2 Samuel 13:5 · Word #7

Lexicon `H2470`

Lemma	חָלָה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤇𐤋𐤄
Transliteration	châlâh
Strong's	H2470
In-context	and pretend to be ill

Morphology `HC/Vtv2ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`t` — Hithpael — Intensive reflexive
Conjugation	`v` — Imperative — A command
Person	`2` — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H2470-38`

and make yourself weak

Morphological Notes	Conjunction וְ prefixed to a Hithpael imperative, second masculine singular, from חלה. The Hithpael stem gives a reflexive or self-involving nuance.
Rendering Rationale	The root חלה fundamentally conveys becoming weak, worn, or sick, and in the Hithpael stem it carries a reflexive sense. The form is second masculine singular with a prefixed conjunction, so "and make yourself weak" preserves both the reflexive force of the stem and the 2ms address.

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Words from Root חלה (weakness, sickness, affliction, grief, entreaty)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H2470-01`	bachalotam	when they were weak
`H2470-02`	bachaloto	in his becoming-weak
`H2483-01`	bacholayim	in the sicknesses
`H2483-02`	bechaleyo	in his sickness
`H4245-01`	bemachaleh	in sickness-of
`H4251-01`	bemachaluyim	in sicknesses
`H8463-01`	betachaluim	in sicknesses
`H2470-03`	chal	you became weak
`H2471-01`	chalah	he became weak
`H2470-04`	chalah	he became weak
`H2342-01`	chalah	he became weak
`H2481-01`	chalaim	polished ornaments
`H2483-03`	chaleyo	his sickness
`H2470-05`	chalit	you became weak
`H2470-06`	chaliti	I became weak
`H2470-07`	chaloti	my weakenings
`H2470-08`	chalu	they became weakened
`H2458-01`	cheleah	Weakness-woman
`H2470-09`	chilah	he earnestly entreated
`H2470-10`	chilinu	we have earnestly entreated
`H2470-11`	chiliti	I sought to soften (by plea)
`H2470-12`	cholah	being weak (feminine singular)
`H2470-13`	cholat	a weakened (feminine, of …)
`H2483-04`	cholayenu	our sicknesses
`H2470-14`	choleh	a weakened one
`H2483-05`	choli	sickness
`H2470-15`	chuleyta	you were made worn-down
`H2470-16`	hacholah	the weakened woman
`H2470-17`	hacholeh	the weakened one
`H2470-18`	hacholeyti	I have made sick
`H2483-06`	hacholi	the weakening-sickness
`H4245-02`	hamachalah	the sickness
`H4250-01`	hamacheli	the Weakness-clansman
`H2470-19`	hanachelot	the afflicted women
`H2470-20`	hecheleyti	I have made weak
`H2470-21`	hecheli	he-caused-to-be-weak
`H2470-22`	hechelu	they caused to be weakened
`H2470-23`	kecholah	like a weakened woman
`H2483-07`	lacholi	to sickness
`H2470-24`	lechalot	to soften by earnest entreaty
`H2470-25`	lehitechalot	to make oneself weak
`H4249-01`	lemacheli	to Machli ("Sickly One")
`H4245-03`	machalah	a sickness
`H2470-26`	machalah	a weakening affliction
`H4258-01`	machalat	Sickness (feminine personal name)
`H4257-01`	machalat	Sickness (feminine singular)
`H4245-04`	machalehu	his sickness
`H4244-01`	machelah	Sickly-One (f.)
`H4249-02`	macheli	Sickly-One
`H4248-01`	machelon	Sickly-One
`H2483-08`	mechaleyo	from his sickness
`H2483-09`	mecholi	weakness-sickness
`H2470-29`	nechelu	they have become weakened
`H2470-30`	shecholat	being-worn-down (feminine singular)
`H8463-02`	tachaluayekhi	your sicknesses
`H8463-03`	tachaluey	diseases of
`H8463-04`	tachalueyha	her sicknesses
`H8463-05`	tachaluim	weakening maladies
`H2470-31`	ulechalot	and to earnestly-entreat
`H4248-02`	umachelon	and Sickly-One
`H2481-02`	vachali	and a polished-ornament-of
`H2483-10`	vacholayim	and sicknesses
`H2483-11`	vacholi	malady
`H2470-32`	vayachal	and he became weakened
`H2470-33`	vayechal	and he earnestly entreated
`H2470-34`	vayitechal	and he made himself weak
`H2483-12`	vechaleyo	in his sickness
`H2470-35`	vechaliti	and I grew weak
`H2484-01`	vecheleyatah	and her ornament
`H2470-36`	vechilu	and they have earnestly entreated
`H2470-37`	vecholeh	and a weakened man
`H2470-39`	venecheleyti	and I was weakened
`H4251-02`	vmchlyym	in sicknesses
`H2470-40`	yechalu	they will earnestly entreat

Word Usage (75 occurrences of H2470)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 48:1	חֹלֶ֑ה	choleh	is sick
Exodus 32:11	וַ/יְחַ֣ל	vayechal	And Moses entreated
Deuteronomy 29:21	חִלָּ֥ה	chilah	YHWH has afflicted
Judges 16:7	וְ/חָלִ֥יתִי	vechaliti	then I shall become weak
Judges 16:11	וְ/חָלִ֥יתִי	vechaliti	then I shall become weak
Judges 16:17	וְ/חָלִ֥יתִי	vechaliti	and I will become weak
1 Samuel 13:12	חִלִּ֑יתִי	chiliti	I-have-entreated
1 Samuel 19:14	חֹלֶ֥ה	choleh	sick
1 Samuel 22:8	חֹלֶ֥ה	choleh	one sorry
1 Samuel 30:13	חָלִ֖יתִי	chaliti	I fell sick
2 Samuel 13:2	לְ/הִתְחַלּ֗וֹת	lehitechalot	to become sick
2 Samuel 13:5	וְ/הִתְחָ֑ל	vehitechal	and pretend to be ill
2 Samuel 13:6	וַ/יִּתְחָ֑ל	vayitechal	and pretended to be ill
1 Kings 13:6	חַל	chal	appease
1 Kings 13:6	וַ/יְחַ֤ל	vayechal	and-he-entreated
1 Kings 14:1	חָלָ֖ה	chalah	became sick
1 Kings 14:5	חֹלֶ֣ה	choleh	he-is-sick
1 Kings 15:23	חָלָ֖ה	chalah	he was diseased
1 Kings 17:17	חָלָ֕ה	chalah	became sick
1 Kings 22:34	הָחֳלֵֽיתִי	hacholeyti	I am wounded
2 Kings 1:2	וַ/יָּ֑חַל	vayachal	and he became ill
2 Kings 8:7	חֹלֶ֑ה	choleh	was sick
2 Kings 8:29	חֹלֶ֥ה	choleh	he was sick
2 Kings 13:4	וַ/יְחַ֥ל	vayechal	and sought
2 Kings 13:14	חָלָ֣ה	chalah	was sick
2 Kings 20:1	חָלָ֥ה	chalah	became sick
2 Kings 20:12	חָלָ֖ה	chalah	had been sick
Isaiah 14:10	חֻלֵּ֥יתָ	chuleyta	have become weak
Isaiah 17:11	נַחֲלָ֖ה	nachalah	of inheritance
Isaiah 33:24	חָלִ֑יתִי	chaliti	I am sick
Isaiah 38:1	חָלָ֥ה	chalah	became sick
Isaiah 38:9	בַּ/חֲלֹת֕/וֹ	bachaloto	when he had been sick
Isaiah 39:1	חָלָ֖ה	chalah	he had been sick
Isaiah 53:10	הֶֽחֱלִ֔י	hecheli	He-has-made-sick
Isaiah 57:10	חָלִֽית	chalit	you grew weak
Jeremiah 4:31	כְּ/חוֹלָ֜ה	kecholah	like a woman in labor
Jeremiah 10:19	נַחְלָ֖ה	nachelah	grievous
Jeremiah 12:13	נֶחְל֖וּ	nechelu	they have strained
Jeremiah 14:17	נַחְלָ֥ה	nachelah	incurable
Jeremiah 26:19	וַ/יְחַל֙	vayechal	and-he-entreated
Jeremiah 30:12	נַחְלָ֖ה	nachelah	severe
Ezekiel 34:4	הַ/נַּחְלוֹת֩	hanachelot	weak
Ezekiel 34:4	הַ/חוֹלָ֣ה	hacholah	sick
Ezekiel 34:16	הַ/חוֹלָ֖ה	hacholah	the sick one
Ezekiel 34:21	הַ/נַּחְל֑וֹת	hanachelot	the weak
Hosea 7:5	הֶחֱל֥וּ	hechelu	made-sick
Amos 6:6	נֶחְל֖וּ	nechelu	they are grieved
Micah 6:13	הֶחֱלֵ֣יתִי	hecheleyti	have made sick
Nahum 3:19	נַחְלָ֖ה	nachelah	incurable
Zechariah 7:2	לְ/חַלּ֖וֹת	lechalot	to entreat
Zechariah 8:21	לְ/חַלּוֹת֙	lechalot	to entreat
Zechariah 8:22	וּ/לְ/חַלּ֖וֹת	ulechalot	and-to-entreat
Malachi 1:8	וְ/חֹלֶ֖ה	vecholeh	and sick
Malachi 1:9	חַלּוּ	chalu	entreat
Malachi 1:13	הַ֣/חוֹלֶ֔ה	hacholeh	the sick
Psalms 35:13	בַּ/חֲלוֹתָ֡/ם	bachalotam	when they were sick
Psalms 45:13	יְחַלּ֗וּ	yechalu	shall entreat
Psalms 77:11	חַלּ֣וֹתִ/י	chaloti	my sicknesses
Psalms 119:58	חִלִּ֣יתִי	chiliti	I entreated
Proverbs 13:12	מַחֲלָה	machalah	sick
Proverbs 19:6	יְחַלּ֣וּ	yechalu	seek the favor
Proverbs 23:35	חָלִיתִי֮	chaliti	I was not hurt
Job 11:19	וְ/חִלּ֖וּ	vechilu	and they will entreat
Song of Songs 2:5	חוֹלַ֥ת	cholat	I am sick
Song of Songs 5:8	שֶׁ/חוֹלַ֥ת	shecholat	I am sick
Ecclesiastes 5:12	חוֹלָ֔ה	cholah
Ecclesiastes 5:15	חוֹלָ֔ה	cholah
Daniel 8:27	וְ/נֶֽחֱלֵ֨יתִי֙	venecheleyti	and was sick
Daniel 9:13	חִלִּ֜ינוּ	chilinu	we have entreated
Nehemiah 2:2	חוֹלֶ֔ה	choleh	sick
2 Chronicles 18:33	הָחֳלֵֽיתִי	hacholeyti	I am wounded
2 Chronicles 22:6	חֹלֶ֥ה	choleh	he was sick
2 Chronicles 32:24	חָלָ֥ה	chalah	became sick
2 Chronicles 33:12	חִלָּ֕ה	chilah	he-entreated
2 Chronicles 35:23	הָחֳלֵ֖יתִי	hacholeyti	I am wounded

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Lexicon H2470

Morphology HC/Vtv2ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2470-38

Words from Root חלה (weakness, sickness, affliction, grief, entreaty)

Word Usage (75 occurrences of H2470)

Lexicon `H2470`

Morphology `HC/Vtv2ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2470-38`