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title: טַל — night-mist · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַל (2919), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: night-mist. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַל

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«טַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **night-mist** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 2919 · **BDB:** טַל²

### Glosses

dew (23); the.dew (3); of.dew (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

night-mist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2919/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2919/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 6:37 night-mist, dew (NH טַל dew; Aramaic ܛܰܠܴܐ, טַלָּא dew; Arabic طَلٌّ light rain, dew; Ethiopic ጠል dew)—ט׳ abs. 1 S 1:21 + 12 times; טָ֑ל Ju 6:13 + 9 times; cstr. טַל Gn 27:28 + 4 times; sf. טַלֶּ֑ךָ Is 26:19, טַלָּם Zc 8:12;—night-mist, taking place of our dew (v. Che Is 18:4 \& ψ 110:3; Lane 1862, NeilPal. Explored 129); as coming from the sky and bringing fertility, טַל הַשָּׁמַיִם Gn 27:28 (God gives it, נתן), \& v 39 (+ מֵעָ֑ל), cf. Dt 33:28 (heavens distil it, ערף), Hg 1:10 Zc 8:12 (heavens give it, נתן); in Dt 33:13 read perh. מֵעָ֑ל for מִטַּל (v. ‖ Gn 49:25 and Di); clouds distil it (רעף) Pr 3:20; sq. עַל, it descends (ירד) upon the camp Nu 11:9 (JE); it is upon the ground Ju 6:39, 40, cf. 2 S 1:21 (+ מָטָר); upon the fleece Ju 6:37; is wrung out (מוץ) of the fleece v 38; remains through the night (לון) Jb 29:19, cf. שִׁכְבַת הַטּ׳ the lying of dew = the dew lying Ex 16:13, 14 (P; it goes up (עלה) in morning); it is in drops מִי הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי טָ֑ל Jb 38:28; covers the head of one out at night Ct 5:2; it comes (היה) by word of prophet 1 K 17:1 (+ מָטָר); sim. of stealthy approach כַּאֲשֶׁר יִפֹּל הַטַּל עַל־הָאֲדָמָה 2 S 17:12; sim. denoting welcome and gentle refreshment, of speech, which distils (נזל) like it Dt 32:2 (poem; ‖ שְׂעִירִים, רְבִיבִים); of fraternal unity כְּטַל חֶרְמוֹן ψ 133:3 (ירד על); of king’s favour Pr 19:12 (על); of י׳’s kindness Ho 14:6; כְּעָב טַל Is 18:4 like a mist-cloud, of י׳’s quiet watching; of Jacob’s influence among nations Mi 5:6 (ט׳ מֵאֵת י׳; ‖ רְבִיבִים); טַל אוֹרֹת טַלָּ֑ךָ Is 26:19 a dew of light is thy dew (v i. אוֹרָה p. 21b supr. and BaudStud. Sem. Rel. ii. 264 f.); as transitory, כַּטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ Ho 6:4 like the dew early departing, so 13:3 (both ‖ עֲנַן־בֹּקֶר); fig. of young warriors of king established by י׳, with flashing weapons, like dewdrops טַל יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ ψ 110:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2919/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.20/)

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בְּ֭דַעְתּוֹ תְּהוֹמ֣וֹת נִבְקָ֑עוּ וּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗ים יִרְעֲפוּ־טָֽל׃

*Word for word:* by knowledge his the.depths they.were.split.open and clouds they.dripped dew

*JPS 1917:* By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

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[Job 29:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.19/)

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שָׁרְשִׁ֣י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם וְ֝טַ֗ל יָלִ֥ין בִּקְצִירִֽי׃

*Word for word:* root my \[is\].opened to water and dew it.will.remain.overnight on branch\[es\] my

*JPS 1917:* My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;

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