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title: תָּלָא — hang · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּלָא (8511), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hang. BDB 1906: vb. hang. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּלָא

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«תָּלָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hang** — 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:** 8511 · **BDB:** תָּלָא

### Glosses

\[are\].hung.up (1); hung.up (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hang [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8511/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hang [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8511/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hang (‖ form of תלה, Ges§ 75 rr);— Pf. 3 pl. sf. תְּלָאוּם 2 S 21:12 Qr the Philistines had hanged them (Kt תלום; v. Dr); Pt. pass. תְּלֻאִים Dt 28:66 thy life shall be hung up before thee, i.e. be in suspense, each moment uncertain.—וְעַמִּי תְלוּאִים לִמְשׁוּבָתִי Ho 11:7 my people is hung up to my backsliding is certainly corrupt (AV bent to backsliding from me, i.e. hung or swung toward turning from me, cf. GASm, but very dub.); Marti conj. נִלְוִים אֶל־עֲצַבִּים; Oettli Now2 Harper נִלְאָה or הֶלְאַ֫נִי has wearied itself \[me\] in backsliding.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּלָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8511/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.11.7/)

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וְעַמִּ֥י תְלוּאִ֖ים לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י וְאֶל־עַל֙ יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּ יַ֖חַד לֹ֥א יְרוֹמֵם׃

*Word for word:* and people my \[are\].hung.up to apostasy my and to a.height they call.on.him together not he.will.exalt.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; and though they call them upwards, none at all will lift himself up.

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[Deuteronomy 28:66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.66/)

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וְהָי֣וּ חַיֶּ֔יךָ תְּלֻאִ֥ים לְךָ֖ מִנֶּ֑גֶד וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙ לַ֣יְלָה וְיוֹמָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ין בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be life your hung.up for you from in.front and you.will.be.in.dread night and by.day and not you.will.trust in life your

*JPS 1917:* And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.

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