H6760 H6760
limp, walk with a limp (due to injury or disability)
A verb describing the action of limping or walking with impaired gait. Genesis 32:31 explains why Israelites don't eat the thigh sinew: because Jacob was 'limping on his hip' after wrestling with the divine figure. Micah and Zephaniah use the feminine participle as a substantive for 'the lame one,' personifying exiled Judah as a limping sheep that God will gather and restore (Mic 4:6-7; Zeph 3:19). The word evokes both physical disability and metaphorical vulnerability.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 32:31 notes that Jacob was 'limping because of his hip' after the wrestling match at Peniel—the etiology for Israel's dietary practice. Micah 4:6 and 4:7 both use the feminine participle 'the lame one' (הַצֹּלֵעָה) to describe the exiled nation God will gather. Zephaniah 3:19 similarly promises to save 'the lame' and gather the outcast. Spanish coja/cojeando (lame/limping) and French boitant (limping) consistently identify this as impaired walking due to injury. 4×
AR["الظَّالِعَةَ", "الْعَرْجَاءَ", "يَظْلَعُ"]·ben["খুঁড়িয়ে-চলছিল", "খোঁড়াকে", "যে-খোঁড়া"]·DE["hinkte"]·EN["limping", "the-lame"]·FR["[הצלעה]", "boitant"]·heb["ה-צולעה", "צלע"]·HI["लंगड़ा-रहा-था", "लंगड़ी-को"]·ID["pincang", "yang-pincang"]·IT["la-zoppa", "limping"]·jav["kang-pincang", "pincang"]·KO["그-절뚝거리는-자-를", "저는-자를", "절고-있었다"]·PT["a-coxa", "a-que-manqueja", "mancando"]·RU["хромающий", "хромающую", "хромую"]·ES["a-la-coja", "cojeando", "la-coja"]·SW["achagunikaye", "alikuwa-akichechemea", "anayechechemea"]·TR["aksayanı-o", "topallayan", "topallıyordu"]·urd["لنگڑاتا-تھا", "لنگڑی", "لنگڑی-کو"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [צָלַע] vb. limp (Arabic ظَلَعَ, Aramaic טלע Aph.);— Qal Pt. צֹלֵעַ עַל־יְרֵכוֹ Gn 32:32 (J; of Jacob); f. הַצֹּלֵעָה as subst., of personif. Judah as flock [צֹאן] Mi 4:6, 7; Zp 3:19.