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.

H2308

Judges 9:9 · Word #4

Lexicon H2308

Lemmaחָדַל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤇𐤃𐤋
Transliterationchâdal
Strong'sH2308
In-contextshould 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 NotesQal 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 RationaleThe 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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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