dal.lah denotes those characterized as poor, especially people of the land left behind or taken into exile.

The term most often identifies poor people of the land in accounts of deportation, exile, and those left to cultivate vineyards and fields; Genesis 41:19 also applies its plural form to cows described as poor in condition.

1. Poor people of the land · dominant

   In 2 Kings 24:14 and 2 Kings 25:12, the singular construct form occurs in the phrase concerning the people of the land: some are left after deportation to work vineyards and fields. Jeremiah 40:7, Jeremiah 52:15, and Jeremiah 52:16 likewise place singular or plural construct forms among people remaining, being carried into exile, or being left as vinedressers and farmers; in Jeremiah 52:16 the APB renders the clause "some of the poorest people of the land."

   2 Kings 24:142 Kings 25:12Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 52:15Jeremiah 52:16
2. Poor in the condition of cows · rare

   In Genesis 41:19, the feminine plural absolute form describes seven cows that come up after the others; the APB renders them "poor and very bad in form and thin in flesh."

   Genesis 41:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "the poorest people of the land" in the accounts of people left behind or included among those taken away, while Genesis 41:19 uses "poor" for cows. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal rather than isolate every contribution of the Hebrew form.