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title: תָּלַע — clad in scarlet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּלַע (8529), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: clad in scarlet. BDB 1906: vb. denom. clad in scarlet. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּלַע

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«תָּלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **clad in scarlet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8529 · **BDB:** תָּלַע

### Glosses

\[are\].clothed.in.scarlet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clad in scarlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8529/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. clad in scarlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8529/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. clad in scarlet (v. i. תּוֹלָע 2; תּוֹלֵעָה 2.—NH Hiph. denom. is breed worms, etc.);—Pt. pl. מְתֻלָּעִים Na 2:4 (‖ מְאָדָּם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8529/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/)

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מָגֵ֨ן גִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּ מְאָדָּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֙יִל֙ מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָד֥וֹת הָרֶ֖כֶב בְּי֣וֹם הֲכִינ֑וֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖ים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.shield of his.warriors \[is\].dyed.red men of.strength \[are\].clothed.in.scarlet \[are\].in fire of.iron(s) the chariotry on the.day prepares he and the cypresses they.have.been.made.to.quiver

*JPS 1917:* The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

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