H2476 H2476
weakness, defeat (the sound of those being defeated, Exodus 32:18)
This noun means 'weakness' or 'prostration,' particularly in defeat. Exodus 32:18 contrasts 'the sound of answering weakness' with 'the sound of answering strength,' referring to the different cries heard in victory versus defeat. Moses uses this term to describe what he does not hear from the camp - the sound of those being routed in battle.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears exclusively in Exodus 32:18 in Moses' threefold distinction of sounds. The phrase 'sound of weakness' (Spanish 'derrota' = defeat) describes the cry of those being vanquished, opposite to 'strength/victory.' Moses declares he hears neither victory nor defeat songs, but rather the sound of revelry - the golden calf celebration. 1×
AR["هَزيمَةٍ"]·ben["পরাজয়ের"]·DE["weakness"]·EN["weakness"]·FR["weakness"]·heb["חלושה"]·HI["कमज़ोरी"]·ID["kekalahan"]·IT["weakness"]·jav["kakahanipun;"]·KO["약함의"]·PT["derrota"]·RU["поражения"]·ES["derrota"]·SW["kushindwa"]·TR["yenilgi"]·urd["شکست-کی"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֲלוּשָׁה n.f. weakness prostration, אֵין קוֹל עֲנוֹת ח׳ Ex 32:18 it is not the sound of the answering of weakness (JE; opp. גְּבוּרָה).