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title: תּוֹלָל — they that wasted us · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹלָל (8437), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: they that wasted us. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹלָל

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«תּוֹלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **they that wasted us** — 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:** 8437 · **BDB:** תּוֹלָל

### Glosses

mockers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

they that wasted us [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8437/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8437/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. doubtful word, only pl. sf. וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ ψ 137:3; AV RV they that wasted us, cf. 𝔗, but read then וְשׁוֹלְלֵינוּ Bae al.; \> Thes596 Hup De al. made us wail (√ ילל).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תּוֹלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8437/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 137:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.3/)

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כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝נ֗וּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there they asked.us captors our words of.a.song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of.the.song\[s\] of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

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