Lexicon
דָּלַח
da.lach
H1804
H:V Hebrew

to trouble

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Hebrew
Language

da.lach describes troubling waters, whether by Pharaoh's feet or by human and animal feet.

The attested use describes the troubling or disturbance of waters: Pharaoh troubles waters with his feet, while a later oracle says that neither human feet nor animal hoofs will trouble them.

Senses in use

  1. Disturbing waters by feet or hoofs · dominant

    In Ezekiel 32:2, the Qal sequential imperfect addresses Pharaoh and occurs in the clause about troubling the waters with his feet; the APB renders the verse, "You burst forth in your rivers and troubled the waters with your feet; you fouled their rivers." In Ezekiel 32:13, Qal imperfect feminine singular forms occur in the statement that the foot of man and the hoof of beast will no longer trouble the waters; the APB renders, "the foot of man will no longer trouble them, nor will the hoof of beast trouble them."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "troubled" for Pharaoh's action in Ezekiel 32:2 and "trouble" for the future absence of disturbance in Ezekiel 32:13. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate every feature of the Hebrew form.

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