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טַל

ṭal · H2919 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. dew

    Condensed moisture resulting from contact of air and cooler land surfaces, an important source of water for vegetation, regarded as refreshing and life-enhancing and associated with fertility

    Examples

    Genesis 27:28 Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

    Genesis 27:39 Then his father Isaac answered and said to him, “Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from above.

    Exodus 16:13 So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 6 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

7 occurrences in 4 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 2 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 3 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
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טַל denotes dew, the moisture that forms overnight and is associated with fertility and blessing, illustrated at Genesis 27:28 and 27:39 ("the dew of heaven") and the manna narrative's "layer of dew" (Exodus 16:13-14, Numbers 11:9).
Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

טָלַל ṭâlal · H2926 · to find shade, to roof, to cover · 1×טַלṭal · H2919טַל ṭal · H2920 · dew · 5×טְלַל ṭᵉlal · H2927 · to find shade, to roof, to cover · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2919. tal טַל noun masculineJdg 6:37 night-mist, dew (Late Hebrew טַל dew; Aramaic ,…
H2919. tal
טַל noun masculineJdg 6:37 night-mist, dew (Late Hebrew טַל dew; Aramaic , טַלָּא dew; Arabic light rain, dew; Ethiopic dew) — ׳ט absolute 1Sa 1:21 1Sa 1:12t.; טָ֑ל Jdg 6:13 Jdg 6:9t.; construct טַל Gen 27:28 Gen 27:4t.; suffix טַלֶּ֑ךָ Isa 26:19, טַלָּם Zec 8:12; — night-mist, taking place of our dew (see Che Isa 18:4 & Psa 110:3; Lane1862, NeilPal. Explored 129); as coming from the sky and bringing fertility, הַשָּׁמַיִם טַל Gen 27:28 (God gives it, נתן), & Gen 27:39 (+ מֵעָ֑ל), compare Deu 33:28 (heavens distil it, ערף), Hag 1:10; Zec 8:12 (heavens give it, נתן); in Deu 33:13 read perhaps מֵעָ֑ל for מִטַּל (see || Gen 49:25 and Di); clouds distil it (רעף) Pro 3:20; followed by עַל, it descends (ירד) upon the camp Num 11:9 (JE); it is upon the ground Jdg 6:39-40, compare 2Sa 1:21 (+ מָטָר); upon the fleece Jdg 6:37; is wrung out (מוץ) of the fleece Jdg 6:38; remains through the night (לון) Job 29:19, compare הַטּ ׳שִׁכְבַת the lying of dew = the dew lying Exo 16:13-14, (P; it goes up (עלה) in morning); it is in drops טָ֑ל אֶגְלֵי הוֺלִיד מִי Job 38:28; covers the head of one out at night Son 5:2; it comes (היה) by word of prophet 1Ki 17:1 (+ מָטָר); simile of stealthy approach עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה הַטַּל יִמֹּל כַּאֲשֶׁר 2Sa 17:12; simile denoting welcome and Gentle refreshment, of speech, which distils (נזל) like it Deu 32:2 (poem; || רְבִיבִים שְׂעִירִים,); of fraternal unity חֶרְמוֺן כְּטַל Psa 133:3 (על ירד); of king's favour Pro 19:12 (על); of ׳יs kindness Hos 14:6; טַל כְּעָב Isa 18:4 like a mist-cloud, of ׳יs quiet watching; of Jacob's influence among nations Mic 5:6 (׳ט י ׳מֵאֵת; || רְבִיבִים); טַלֶּ֑ךָ אוֺרֹת טַל Isa 26:19 a dew of light is thy dew (see I. אוֺרָה, p. 21:b above and BaudStud. Semitic Rel. ii. 264 f.); as transitory, הֹלֵךְ מַשְׁכִּים כַּטַּל Hos 6:4 like the dew early departing, so Hos 13:3 (both || עַנַןבֹּֿקֶר); figurative of young warriors of king established by ׳י, with flashing weapons, like dewdrops יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ טַל Psa 110:3.
טַל noun [masculine] dew (see Biblical Hebrew I. טלל); — construct שְׁמַיָא טַל Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:30; Dan 5:31.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Rain30 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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