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הָלָא hâlâʼ — to remove or be remote

pronounced haw-law' · Strong's H1972 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as cast far off.

probably denominatively from H1973; to remove or be remote.

hâlâʼ in each stem

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

וְהַנַּהֲלָאָ֖ה Mic 4:7 Participle (passive), feminine singular

And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. (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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