חלש
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χaˈlaʃ/
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Adjective
חַלָּשׁ • (khalásh) (feminine חַלָּשָׁה, masculine plural חַלָּשִׁים, feminine plural חַלָּשׁוֹת)
- 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
Related terms
- חולשה / חֻלְשָׁה (khulshá, “weakness”)
- הֶחְלִישׁ (hekhlish, “weaken”)
- נֶחְלַשׁ (nekhlásh, “to weaken, to decline”)
Descendants
- → Yiddish: חלשן (khaleshn)
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Yiddish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχaɫəʃ/
Verb
חלש • (khalesh)
- inflection of חלשן (khaleshn):
- first-person singular present
- imperative singular