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title: תְּלָאָה — weariness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּלָאָה (8513), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: weariness. BDB 1906: n.f. weariness, hardship. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּלָאָה

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«תְּלָאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weariness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8513 · **BDB:** תְּלָאָה

### Glosses

hardship (4); hardship! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weariness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8513/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. weariness, hardship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8513/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. weariness, hardship;—ת׳ Ex 18:8 + 4 times; of distress of Isr. in Egypt Nu 20:14; in wilderness Ex 18:8 (both JE); from Assyrian, Bab., etc. Ne 9:32; cf. La 3:5; מַתְּלָאָה Mal 1:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּלָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8513/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.5/)

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בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* he.has.built on me and he.has.surrounded.\[me\] poison and hardship

*JPS 1917:* He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

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[Numbers 20:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.14/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֧ה מַלְאָכִ֛ים מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֑וֹם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אָחִ֣יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְצָאָֽתְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Moses messengers from Kadesh to the.king of.Edom thus he.says brother your Israel you you.know (et) all the hardship which it has.come.upon.us

*JPS 1917:* And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us;

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