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title: תַּלְתָּל — trailing bough · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּלְתָּל (8534), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: trailing bough. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּלְתָּל

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«תַּלְתָּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trailing bough** — 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:** 8534 · **BDB:** תַּלְתַּלִּים²

### Glosses

\[are\].curls (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trailing bough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8534/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. I. תלל.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּלְתָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8534/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/)

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רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* head his \[is\].gold of.pure.gold locks his \[are\].curls black like (the) raven

*JPS 1917:* His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

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