תּוֹעָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8442

wandering — used 2 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

wandering tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תּוֹעָה²: n.f. wandering, error tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. wandering, error;— error in morals and religion, c. דִּבֶּר, Is 32:6. confusion, disturbance, c. עָשָׂה, Ne 4:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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: confusion (1); error (1).

In the verses

Nehemiah 4:2 · tree →

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֖וֹא לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ תּוֹעָֽה׃

Word for word: and they.conspired of.them all together to come to wage.war against Jerusalem and to make for it confusion

JPS 1917: and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

Isaiah 32:6 · tree →

כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃

Word for word: (dm) a.fool disgraceful.folly he.speaks and heart his it.does wickedness by doing godlessness and by speaking concerning Yahweh error by keeping.empty [the].appetite of.[the].hungry and drink [the].thirsty he.deprives

JPS 1917: For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ungodliness, and to utter wickedness against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

On Mova

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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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