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title: תֹּעוּ — Toi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּעוּ (8583), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Toi. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּעוּ

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«תֹּעוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Toi** — 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:** 8583 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫עוּ

### Glosses

Toi (2); Tou (1); of.Toi (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Toi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8583/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8583/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Hamath, 2 S 8:9, 10(×2) = תֹּ֫עוּ (which We Dr al. prefer) 1 Ch 18:9, 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּעוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8583/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע תֹּ֖עִי מֶ֣לֶךְ חֲמָ֑ת כִּ֚י הִכָּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־חֵ֥יל הֲדַדְעָֽזֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Toi the.king of.Hamath (dm).that he.had.defeated David (et) all the.army of.Hadadezer

*JPS 1917:* And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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[1 Chronicles 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.18.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע תֹּ֖עוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ חֲמָ֑ת כִּ֚י הִכָּ֣ה דָוִ֔יד אֶת־כָּל־חֵ֖יל הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־צוֹבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Tou the.king of.Hamath (dm).that he.had.defeated David (et) all the.army of.Hadadezer the.king of.Zobah

*JPS 1917:* And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah,

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