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title: הָתַל — deceive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָתַל (2048), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: deceive. BDB 1906: vb. deceive, mock. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָתַל

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«הָתַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deceive** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2048 · **BDB:** הָתַל

### Glosses

he.mocked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deceive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2048/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. deceive, mock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2048/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.—only deceive, mock, Impf. וַיְהַתֵּל בָּהֶם 1 K 18:27 (secondary formation from תלל Hiph., q.v.; cf. Thes Ol§ 257 f. ad fin. Sta§ 145 e; otherwise Köi 352; v. further sub תלל).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָתַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2048/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.27/)

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וַיְהִ֨י בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל בָּהֶ֣ם אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קִרְא֤וּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל֙ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים ה֔וּא כִּ֣י שִׂ֧יחַ וְכִֽי־שִׂ֛יג ל֖וֹ וְכִֽי־דֶ֣רֶךְ ל֑וֹ אוּלַ֛י יָשֵׁ֥ן ה֖וּא וְיִקָֽץ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was at the noontide(s) and he.mocked (in) them Elijah and he.said call.out with a.voice great (dm) \[is\].a.god he (dm) musing and (dm) a.going.away \[belongs\].to him and (dm) a.journey \[belongs\].to him perhaps \[is\].sleeping he and he.will.awake

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: 'Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.'

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