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title: תְּלֻנֹּות — murmuring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּלֻנֹּות (8519), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: murmuring. BDB 1906: n.f. murmuring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּלֻנֹּות

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«תְּלֻנֹּות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **murmuring** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 8519 · **BDB:** תְּלֻנָּה

### Glosses

grumblings (5); the.grumblings (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

murmuring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8519/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. murmuring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8519/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. murmuring;—pl. cstr. תְּלֻנּוֹת (תְּלוּנֹּת) Ex 16:12 + 2 times; sf. תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם 16:7 + 3 times; תְּלוּנֹּתָם Nu 17:25;—murmurings of Isr. against י׳ (only P); Ex 16:9, 12; Nu 17:25; sq. עַל Ex 16:7, 8, cf. v 8, Nu 14:27; 17:20 (+ מַלִּינִם על).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «תְּלֻנֹּות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8519/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.9/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן אֱמֹ֗ר אֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל קִרְב֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע אֵ֖ת תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Moses to Aaron say to all the.congregation of.the.people of.Israel draw.near before Yahweh (dm) he.has.heard (et) grumblings your

*JPS 1917:* And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.'

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[Exodus 16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.7/)

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וּבֹ֗קֶר וּרְאִיתֶם֙ אֶת־כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם עַל־יְהוָ֑ה וְנַ֣חְנוּ מָ֔ה כִּ֥י תַלִּ֖ינוּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and morning and you.will.see (et) the.glory of.Yahweh because he has.heard (et) grumblings your on Yahweh and.\[are\] we what? (cmp) you.will.grumble on us

*JPS 1917:* and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?'

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