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title: טוּל — hurl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טוּל (2904), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: hurl. BDB 1906: vb. Pilp. hurl, cast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טוּל

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«טוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hurl** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 2904 · **BDB:** טוּל

### Glosses

he.hurled (3); I.will.hurl (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hurl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2904/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pilp. hurl, cast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2904/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pilp. etc., hurl, cast (Arabic طَالَ be extended, elongated; v. HomNS 87 who comp. Assyrian tâlu, Aramaic ܛܰܝܶܠ, טַיֵּל all walk about (cf. spatiari, from spatium); Ethiopic አንጦለለ hang loosely, አንጦልዐ expand)— Pt. מְטַלְטֶלְךָ טַלְטֵלָה גָ֑בֶר Is 22:17 hurleth thee violently. Pf. הֵטִיל Jon 1:4; וְהֵטַלְתִּ֫י Je 16:13; 22:26; Impf. וַיָּ֫טֶל 1 S 18:11 (but v. infr.), 20:33; אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ Ez 32:4 (𝔊 Co om.) וַיָּטִ֫לוּ Jon 1:5; וַיְטִלֻהוּ Jon 1:15; cast, cast out, of casting a javelin (חֲנִית) 1 S 18:11 (but read here וַיִּטֹּל, √נטל, and took up, so 𝔊 𝔗 Th We Kp Kit, v. also Dr); 20:33 sq. על pers. aimed at; Jonah אֶל־הַיָּם Jon 1:12, 15; also the cargo כֵּלִים 1:5; fig. of י׳ casting Pharaoh על־פני השׂדה Ez 32:4 (Co del. v. supr.; ‖ וּנְטַשְׁתִּיךָ בָאָרֶץ); hurl (send violently), of י׳ sending furious wind Jon 1:4; fig. of hurling king of Judah, etc. into exile Je 16:3 sq. acc. + מעל of land from which, and על of that to which; Je 22:26 c. acc. + על of land to which. Pf. הוּטֲלוּ Je 22:28; Impf. יוּטַל Pr 16:33; יוּטָ֑ל ψ 37:24; יֻטָֿ֑ל Jb 41:1;— be hurled, e.g. into exile Je 22:28 (‖ הֻשְׁלְכוּ); hurled down, headlong, כִּי יִפֹּל לֹא יוּטָ֑ל ψ 37:24 when he falls he shall not be hurled headlong (fig. of a good man); יֻטָֿ֑ל Jb 41:1 be overwhelmed, at sight of the crocodile. of inanimate thing, be cast, thrown, the lot בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת־הַגּוֹרָל Pr 16:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2904/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.24/)

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כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל לֹֽא־יוּטָ֑ל כִּֽי־יְ֝הוָ֗ה סוֹמֵ֥ךְ יָדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.will.fall not he.will.be.hurled.down (dm) Yahweh \[is\].sustaining hand his

*JPS 1917:* Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholdeth his hand.

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[Job 41:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.1/)

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הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲגַ֖ם אֶל־מַרְאָ֣יו יֻטָֽל׃

*Word for word:* there! hope his it.is.proved.a.lie ? also because.of appearance its everyone.is.hurled.down

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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