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title: טָלֶה — lamb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָלֶה (2924), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: lamb. BDB 1906: n.m. lamb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָלֶה

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«טָלֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lamb** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2924 · **BDB:** טָלֶה

### Glosses

a.lamb (1); lamb (1); lambs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2924/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2924/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 7:9 lamb (NH id., lamb;) Aramaic טַלְיָא lamb, youth, טַלְיְתָא girl, ܛܰܠܝܳܐ boy, youth, ܛܠܻܝܬܳܐ girl (cf. Mk 5:41 𝔖); Arabic طَلًا young of cloven-footed animals, especially young gazelle HomNS 235, Nedj. tully, male lamb, DoughtyArabic Desert. i. 429, ii. 269; Ethiopic ጠሊ flock of goats, goat, kid—טְלֵה חָלָב 1 S 7:9 sucking lamb (for burnt-offering); in prediction זְאֵב וְטָלֶה יִרְעוּ Is 65:25 wolf \& lamb shall feed; טְלָאִים pl. of foregoing, only Is 40:11 in metaph. of י׳ shepherding his people.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָלֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2924/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 40:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.11/)

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כְּרֹעֶה֙ עֶדְר֣וֹ יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּזְרֹעוֹ֙ יְקַבֵּ֣ץ טְלָאִ֔ים וּבְחֵיק֖וֹ יִשָּׂ֑א עָל֖וֹת יְנַהֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* like a.shepherd flock his he.will.shepherd in arm\[s\] his he.will.gather lambs and in bosom his he.will.carry.\[them\] nursing.\[ewes\] he.will.lead

*JPS 1917:* Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck.

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[1 Samuel 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.7.9/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל טְלֵ֤ה חָלָב֙ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּעֲלֵ֧הוּ עוֹלָ֛ה כָּלִ֖יל לַֽיהוָ֑ה וַיִּזְעַ֨ק שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בְּעַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Samuel a.lamb of.milk one and he offered.it.up a.burnt.offering a.whole.offering to Yahweh and he.cried.out Samuel to Yahweh for Israel and he answered.him Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto the LORD; and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD answered him.

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