הֶ/חֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙
𐤄/𐤇𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤉
hechodaleti
should I cease
a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle; cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Judges 9:9 · Word #4
Lexicon H2308
| Lemma | חָדַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤃𐤋 |
| Transliteration | châdal |
| Strong's | H2308 |
| In-context | should I cease |
Morphology HTi/Vqp1cs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 1 — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we") |
| Gender | c — Common — Common (both genders) |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
SIBI-P1 H2308-07
Have I ceased?
| Morphological Notes | Qal perfect 1st common singular (Vqp1cs) from חדל, with prefixed interrogative ה. The perfect denotes completed action; the 1cs ending ־תִּי marks the speaker as the subject. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root חדל conveys the act of stopping, desisting, or failing. This form is Qal perfect, first common singular, expressing a completed action by the speaker: "I have ceased." The prefixed ה in the surface form functions as an interrogative, yielding the sense "Have I ceased?" which preserves both the root idea of cessation and the 1cs verbal morphology. |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root חדל (ceasing, desisting, stopping, failing, lacking)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H2308-01 |
chadal | he slackened off (ceased) |
H2308-02 |
chadalenu | we have ceased |
H2308-03 |
chadalu | you men have ceased |
Word Usage (59 occurrences of H2308)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:8 | וַֽ/יַּחְדְּל֖וּ | vayachedelu | they stopped |
| Genesis 18:11 | חָדַל֙ | chadal | had ceased |
| Genesis 41:49 | חָדַ֥ל | chadal | he stopped |