H3616

כלה

kalah

Adjective · From כלה (H3615)

From H3615; pining:—fail.

Outline

failing with desire, longing, longing for

Usages

Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

Breakdown

During slavery of either the Northern or Southern Kingdom of Israel, there was nothing that the Israelites could do to stop the atrocities that were happening to them, e.g. children being sold, parents being sold, rape, etc. All rebellions got crushed.

Precepts

Joel 3:3

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