--- title: תְּהִלָּה — praise · The Tanakh dictionary description: תְּהִלָּה (8416), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: praise. BDB 1906: n.f. praise, song of praise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8416.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514.md)‎ / תְּהִלָּה‎ # תְּהִלָּה «תְּהִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **praise** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 57 times · **Key:** 8416 · **BDB:** תְּהִלָּה ### Glosses praise (42); the.praises (4); of.praise (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8416/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. praise, song of praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8416/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. praise, song of praise (cf. Arabic يَهْلِيلٌ, the shouting of a sacred formula; SprengerMuḥammad iii. 527 WeSkizzen iii. 107 ff. 114.117.214 NöZMG 1887, 723 RSSem i. 411 CheOP 460) abs. ת׳ Is 60:18 + 19 times + Je 49:25 Kt, v. infr.; cstr. תְּהִלַּת Je 48:2 + 2 times; sf. תְּהִלָּתִי Je 17:14 + 6 times; תְּהִלָּֽתְךָ Dt 10:21, ψ 48:11, תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ ψ 35:28 + 6 times; תְּהִלָּתֶיךָ ψ 19:15; on תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ ψ 9:15 as error for -לָּ֫תֶ֥ךָ or -לֹּ֫תֶ֥יךָ, v. Ol§ 131 k; 39 c Sta§ 354 b Hup-Now al. ad. loc. תְּהִלָּתוֹ Is 42:10 + 10 times; pl. abs. תְּהִלֹּת Ex 15:11; cstr. תְּהִלּוֹת ψ 22:4 + 3 times;— praise, adoration, thanksgiving, paid to י׳:—ψ 48:11 כשׁמך אלהים כן תהלתך על קצוי ארץ as thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth, 111:10 תהלתו עמדת לעד, תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי ψ 34:2 continually is his praise in my mouth (‖ אֲבָֽרֲכָה אֶת־י׳) cf. 71:6, also ימָּלֵא פִי תְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ 71:8, פִּי יַגִּיד ת׳ 51:17, תַּבַּעְנָה שְׂפָתַי ת׳ 119:171, ת׳ י׳ יְדַבֶּר פִּי 145:21 (‖ וִיבָרֵךְ כָּל־בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ); as sung, song of praise יָשִׁירוּ תְּהִלָּתוֹ 106:12; הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים וְשִׁיר־תְּהִלָּה וְהוֹדוֹת לֵאלֹהִים Ne 12:46; cf. ת׳ לֵאלֹהֵינוּ ψ 40:4 (appos. שִׁיר חָדָשׁ) \& Is 42:10 (appos. id.), also לַיְשָׁרִים נָאוָה ת׳ 33:1 (‖ רַנֲנוּ צַדִּיקִים בי׳); vid. perhaps ψ 148:14 (Che; yet see De VB); note further אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי ψ 109:1; יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל ψ 22:4 inhabiting the praises of Isr.; וּמְרוֹמָם עַל־כָּל־בְּרָכָה וּתְהִלָּה Ne 9:5 exalted above all blessing and praise; cf. also תְּהִלָּתִי Is 48:9 (‖ שְׁמִי), \& of praise due to י׳ Is 42:8. the act of general, public, praise (cf. also supr. especially ψ 22:4; 33:1; 106:12 Ne 12:46);—בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֹדָה חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּת׳ ψ 100:4 enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; שִׁירוּ לי׳ שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ בִּקְהַל חֲסִידִים ψ 149:1; cf. ψ 22:26; 65:2; 66:2; 147:1; before the army הֵחֵלּוּ בְרִנָּה וּתְהִלָּה 2 Ch 20:22; in exhortation to the peoples הַשְׁמִיעוּ קוֹל תְּהִלָּתוֹ ψ 66:8 (‖ בָּֽרֲכוּ עַמִּים אֱלֹהֵינוּ), cf. Is 42:12. praise-song, as title, תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד ψ 145:1 (so NH ספר תהלות \& תְּהִלִּים, תִּילִּים, = Psalms). qualities, deeds, etc., of י׳, demanding praise:—נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת Ex 15:11 (song), i.e. terrible in attributes that call for praise (‖ נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ \& עֹשֵׁה פֶלֶא); often (both sg. and pl.) of Yahweh’s deeds c. vb. סִפֵּר ψ 9:15; 78:4; 79:13 Is 43:21, also + שֵׁם י׳ ψ 102:22; c. יַשְׁמִיעַ ψ 106:2 (‖ יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת י׳); + צִדְקֶ֑ךָ c. יֶהְגֶּה ψ 35:28; c. יְבַשֵּׂ֑רוּ Is 60:6; + חַסְדֵי י׳, c. אַזְכִּיר Is 63:7; vid. also לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ ψ 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35 to give thanks unto thy holy name, to glory in thy praises (= praiseworthy deeds). renown, fame, glory: of Damascus עִיר תְּהִלָּ֑ה֯ Je 49:25 (on Qr תְּהִלָּ֑ת v. Hi Ges§ 80. 2 b); comp. perhaps מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה Is 61:3 mantle of renown (renown as a mantle, cf. De VB; \> Di splendid garment; but Bi Che Du read מַעֲטֵה אֵ֔בֶל and translate ת׳ praise, song of praise, cf. 1. 2). of י׳, כִּסָּה שָׁמַים הוֹדוֹ וּת׳ מָֽלְאָה הָאָרֶץ Hb 3:3 his splendour hath covered (the) heavens, and of his renown the earth is full. Also fig., praise, renown, = obj. of praise, possessor of renown; used (a) of Israel Dt 26:19 (abs.), Je 13:11 (+ לִי) 33:9 (+ לִי and לְכֹל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ)—all ‖ שֵׁם, תִּפְאֶרֶת; v. also Is 61:11, \& perhaps ψ 148:14 (see sub 1 supr.); (b) of Jerusalem Is 62:7, also Zp 3:19, 20 (both ‖ שֵׁם), all these c. vb. הָיָה or שִׂים; cf. וְקָרָאת יְשׁוּעָה חוֹמֹתַיִךְ וּשְׁעָרַיִךְ ת׳ Is 60:18; (c) of Babylon וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ תְּהִלַּת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Je 51:41; (d) of Moab אֵין עוֹד ת׳ מוֹאָב Je 48:2; (e) of י׳, הוּא תְהִלָּֽתְךָ וְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ Dt 10:21, כִּי תְהִלָּתִי אָ֑תָּה Je 17:14 (no vb.) Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 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 «תְּהִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8416/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 22:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.4/) וְאַתָּ֥ה קָד֑וֹשׁ י֝וֹשֵׁ֗ב תְּהִלּ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ *Word for word:* and you \[are\].holy sitting the.praises of.Israel *JPS 1917:* Yet Thou art holy, O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel. [Psalms 66:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.2/) זַמְּר֥וּ כְבֽוֹד־שְׁמ֑וֹ שִׂ֥ימוּ כָ֝ב֗וֹד תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* sing.praises the.glory his.name his make glory praise his *JPS 1917:* Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. - ← previous: [תְּהוֹם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8415.md) - next →: [תׇּהֳלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8417.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514.md)