--- title: תָּעָה — err · The Tanakh dictionary description: תָּעָה (8582), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 50 times: err. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8582.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)‎ / תָּעָה‎ # תָּעָה «תָּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **err** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 50 times · **Key:** 8582 · **BDB:** תָּעָה ### Glosses he (4); they.went.astray (3); went.astray (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) err [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. err (‖ form of טָעָה, q.v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעָא, תְּעִי id.; NH = BH (rare));— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ Is 21:4; 1 s. תָּעִ֫יתִי ψ 119:110, 176, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תֵּתַע Gn 21:14 Pr 7:25; 3 mpl. יִתְעוּ Is 35:8 +; Inf. cstr. תְּעוֹת Ez 44:10 +; Pt. תֹּעֶה Gn 37:15 +, etc.;— physically, wander about, abs. Ex 23:4 (E) Is 35:8; 53:6; Jb 38:41 ψ 119:176;;c.; ב loc. Gn 21:14; 37:15 (JE), Pr 7:25 ψ 107:4;;c.; ל loc. Is 47:15; acc. loc. 16:8. of intoxication,;c.; בְּ of wine Is 28:7; מן of wine v 7; fig. of perplexity, subj. לבב 21:4. ethically, abs. Ez 44:10; 48:11(×3) ψ 58:4 prob. Pr 14:22 (cf. חוטא v 21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); תֹּעֵי רוח Is 29:24, תֹּעֵי לבב ψ 95:10; c. מן 119:110; Pr 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַי Ez 14:11, מֵעָלַי Ez 44:10, 15. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Inf. cstr. הִתָּעוֹת Is 19:14. ethically: Pf. 3 ms. נִתְעָה be led astray Jb 15:31 (c. בשׁוא). Pf. 3 ms. הִתְעָה Ho 4:12 (We הִתְעָם); Impf. וַיֶּ֫תַע 2 Ch 33:9; sf. וַיַּתְעֵם Jb 12:24 +; Pt. מַתְעֶה Is 30:28 +;— physically: cause to wander about: abs. Is 30:28 (of bridle, in fig.), Pr 10:17; Je 50:6 (acc. of people as sheep); acc. pers. Pr 12:26; c. מן loc. Gn 20:13 (E), ב loc. Jb 12:24 = ψ 107:40. of intoxication, Is 19:13, 14; Jb 12:25. mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: abs. Is 3:12; 9:15; Ho 4:12; c. acc. pers. Am 2:4; Mi 3:5; 2 K 21:9 = 2 Ch 33:9; Je 23:13, 32; c. ב obj. Je 42:20 (so Gf; Ke al. (so Pr 10:17) intr. err at cost of; 𝔊 Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם); c. מן of י׳ Is 63:17. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «תָּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 58:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.4/) זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃ *Word for word:* they.turn.aside wicked.\[people\] from.\[the\] womb they.go.astray from.\[the\] belly \[those.who\].speak (of).falsehood *JPS 1917:* The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born. [Proverbs 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.17/) אֹ֣רַח לְ֭חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מוּסָ֑ר וְעוֹזֵ֖ב תּוֹכַ֣חַת מַתְעֶֽה׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].a.path to life \[one.who\].keeps discipline and \[one.who\].neglects rebuke \[is\].leading.astray *JPS 1917:* He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth. - ← previous: [תַּעָב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8581.md) - next →: [תֹּעוּ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8583.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)