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title: תָּלָה — hang · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּלָה (8518), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: hang. BDB 1906: vb. hang Hoph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּלָה

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«תָּלָה» 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 8518 · **BDB:** תָּלָה

### Glosses

hang (3); he.hanged (3); people.will.hang (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hang [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8518/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hang Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8518/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hang (NH id.; Assyrian Pi. tullû, hang up; Arabic تَّلَ let down, dangle (a rope, etc.); Aramaic תְּלָא, ܬܠܴܐ hang; perhaps Old Aramaic תלה id., Lzb386; Ethiopic ተለወ in derived sense, be devoted, addicted, to);— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ Gn 40:22 +; 2 ms. וְתָלִ֫יתָ Dt 21:22 consec.; 3 pl. תָּלוּ Est 8:7; 9:14, sf. תלום 2 S 21:12 Kt (Qr v. תלא), etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּתְלֵם Jos 10:26, etc.; Imv. mpl. sf. תְּלֻהוּ Est 7:9; Inf. cstr. לִתְלוֹת Ez 15:3 Est 6:4; Pt. act. תֹּלֶה Jb 26:7; pass. תָּלוּי Dt 31:23 + 2 times, pl. תְּלוּיִם Jos 10:26;—hang: hang up any object: acc. of hands and feet of slain, + עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה 2 S 4:12; תָּלוּי of Absalom בָּאֵלָה in the terebinth 18:10; ת׳ c. acc. rei, + עַל Is 22:24 Ez 15:3 Ct 4:4 ψ 137:2; subj. י׳, ת׳ אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִימָה Jb 26:7. specif. put to death by hanging, c. acc. pers. Gn 40:22; 41:13 (both E), 2 S 21:12 (cf. תלא), Est 9:14; abs. תָּלוּי Dt 21:23 one hanged; acc. pers. + עַל־עֵץ Gn 40:19 (E), Dt 21:22 Jos 8:29; 10:26(×2) (all JE), Est 5:14; 6:4; 7:9, 10; 8:7; 9:13, 25. Pf. 3 pl. שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ La 5:12 princes have been hung up by their hands; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתָּלוּ עַל־עֵץ Est 2:23 they were hanged on a tree; + 3 ms. apoc. וַיִּתָּל 2 S 18:9 (for וַיֻּתַּן v. נתן Hoph.). hang up for display, c. acc. rei: Pf. 3 pl. תִּלּוּ Ez 27:10 (ב loc.), v 11 (עַל־חוֹמוֹתַיִךְ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «תָּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8518/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 137:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.2/)

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עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* on poplars in the.midst of.it we.hung.up harps our

*JPS 1917:* Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

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[Job 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.7/)

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נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].stretching.out \[the\].north over emptiness \[he.is\].hanging \[the\].earth on not whatever

*JPS 1917:* He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.

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