Halt: Lame on the feet
(Genesis 32:31; Psalms 38:17) To "halt between two opinions"
(1 Kings 18:21) is supposed by some to be an expression used in "allusion
to birds, which hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards." The
LXX. render the expression "How long go ye lame on both knees?" The
Hebrew verb rendered "halt" is used of the irregular dance ("leaped
upon") around the altar
(1 Kings 18:26) It indicates a lame, uncertain
gait, going now in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of
wild leaping.
