טָלָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2921

patch — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

patch tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טָלָא: vb. patch, spot tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. patch, spot (NH id., patch)— Pt. pass. טָלוּא Gn 30:32(×2), 33; pl. טְלֻאִים v 35, 39; טְלֻאוֹת Ez 16:16; טְלֻאֹת Gn 30:35; chiefly of spotted, variegated sheep and goats (Jacob & Laban); ‖ נָקֹד, נְקֻדִּים Gn 30:32(×2), 33, 35; ‖ עקדים Gn 30:35; ‖ both, v 39 (all J); of high places, variegated (gaily-coloured shrines) Ez 16:16. Pt. מְטֻלָּאוֹת patched, of sandals Jos 9:5 (JE).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: spotted (5); multicolored (1); patched (1).

In the verses

Genesis 30:39 · tree →

וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים׃

Word for word: and they.were.in.heat the flock to the branches and they.bore the flock striped.[ones] speckled.[ones] and spotted.[ones]

JPS 1917: And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Ezekiel 16:16 · tree →

וַתִּקְחִ֣י מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־לָךְ֙ בָּמ֣וֹת טְלֻא֔וֹת וַתִּזְנִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א בָא֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה׃

Word for word: and you.took some of your.clothes and you.made for yourself high.places multicolored and you.acted.as.a.prostitute on them not coming and not it.will.be

JPS 1917: And thou didst take of thy garments, and didst make for thee high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot upon them; the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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