דָּלַף dâlaph — to drip

pronounced daw-laf' · Strong's H1811 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as drop through, melt, pour out.

a primitive root; to drip; by implication, to weep.

dâlaph in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 3×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

דָּלְפָ֥ה Job 16:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. (KJV)

דָּלְפָ֣ה Ps 119:28 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. (KJV)

יִדְלֹ֥ף Eccl 10:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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