חלש

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Hebrew

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Root
ח־ל־שׁ (kh-l-sh)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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חַלָּשׁ (ḥalásh) (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
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