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title: תֶּלֶם — furrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֶּלֶם (8525), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: furrow. BDB 1906: n.m. furrow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֶּלֶם

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«תֶּלֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **furrow** — 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:** 8525 · **BDB:** תֶּ֫לֶם

### Glosses

\[the\].furrows (2); furrows (2); a.furrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

furrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8525/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. furrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8525/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 31:38 furrow;—abs. ת׳ Jb 39:10 (other conj. Du PerlesAnal. 53); pl. cstr. תַּלְמֵי שָׂדָ֑י Ho 10:14; 12:12; sf. תְּלָמֶיהָ Jb 31:38 ψ 65:11.—On ploughing in Pal. v. HoggEncy. Bib. agriculture VogelsteinLandwirthsch. 25 ff., on depth of furrow (not more than 8–10 centim.) Id.ib.36 AnderlindZPV ix.25, 29; also BenzArch. s. v.—תִּלָּם v. תֵּל supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֶּלֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8525/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.38/)

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אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* if on me land my it.cried.out and together furrows its they wept

*JPS 1917:* If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

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[Job 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.10/)

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הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* will you.bind? \[the\].wild.ox in a.furrow rope its or? will.it.harrow valleys behind you

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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