*ḏVlVl-: 'be low'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḏVlVl-
Meaning	'be low'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	ḏll (HALOT 272); Sab tḏlln; hḏll (Biella 95)	HALOT 272; Biella 95	gloss withheld
Arabic	ḏll (HALOT 222; QAC ذلل)	HALOT 222; QAC ذلل	gloss withheld
Hebrew	zll 'be worthless, insignificant, light' (BDB 272)	BDB 272
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ḏl; ḏll (Al-Jallad 2026, 39)	Al-Jallad 2026 39	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 272 also lists Judaic Aramaic, Syriac (zlālā, zallilūtā 'foolishness') and Mandaic zll 'be contemptible' with z for *ḏ (irregular). Syriac zal 'to weigh light in the balance; to be of little weight or value; to be despised' (Payne Smith 116).

Updated 22 October 2026

*ḏVlVl-: 'be low'

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