דלי, דָּלָה (b. h.; דָּלַל) [to be suspended, swing; denom. דֳּלִי; whence] 1) to draw water. Gen. R. s. 93; Cant. R. to I, 1. Ex. R. s. 1 אנשים דּוֹלִים וכ׳ men draw the water and women water the flock; a. fr.—Yoma 28ᵇ (play on ד̇מ̇ש̇ק̇, Gen. XV, 2) שדּוֹֹלֶה ומ̇ש̇ק̇ה וכ׳ he (Eliezer) drew and gave to drink of his master’s teachings.—2) to lift up, relieve. Midr. Till. to Ps. I, 3 וכשיִדְלֵנִי וכ׳ and when the Lord shall lift me up out of the depths of suffering. Cant. R. to II, 1.
Hif. - הִדְלָה 1) to draw water, to irrigate. B. Kam. 51ᵇ המַדְלֶה מים וכ׳ he who draws water (to irrigate his field &c.); ואני אַדְלֶה and I will &c.; a. fr. —2) (denom. of דָּלִית) to suspend, to train a plant to an espalier &c. Succ. I, 4 ה׳ עליה וכ׳ if he trained a vine over the festive wreath. Kil. VI, 4; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּדְלֶה, f. מוּדְלָה. Ib. Midd. III, 8. Y. B. Mets. X, 12ᶜ, v. דָּלִית.—Bab. ib. 91ᵇ במוּדָלוֹת Ms. F. (ed. במודלית) when figs and grapes overhang one another. [Y. Shebi. II, 33ᶜ bot. מודלה, v. מִדְלַעַת.]
Pi. - דִּלָּה to sprinkle. Part. מְדַלֶּה, pl. מְדַלִּין. M. Kat. 4ᵃ sq., v. דָּלַל.