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title: תַּעֲלוּלִים — wantonness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּעֲלוּלִים (8586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wantonness. BDB 1906: n.m.pl.abstr. wantonness, caprice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּעֲלוּלִים

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«תַּעֲלוּלִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wantonness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8586 · **BDB:** תַּעֲלוּלִים

### Glosses

punishments (1); wantonness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wantonness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl.abstr. wantonness, caprice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl.abstr. wantonness, caprice;—ת׳ יִמְשְׁלוּ בָם Is 3:4 caprice shall rule over them; sf. תַּעֲלֻלֵיהֶם 66:4 their wanton dealing, i.e. that inflicted on them.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «תַּעֲלוּלִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.4/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֥י נְעָרִ֖ים שָׂרֵיהֶ֑ם וְתַעֲלוּלִ֖ים יִמְשְׁלוּ־בָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make youths leaders their and wantonness(es) they.will.rule over them

*JPS 1917:* And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

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[Isaiah 66:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.4/)

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גַּם־אֲנִ֞י אֶבְחַ֣ר בְּתַעֲלֻלֵיהֶ֗ם וּמְגֽוּרֹתָם֙ אָבִ֣יא לָהֶ֔ם יַ֤עַן קָרָ֙אתִי֙ וְאֵ֣ין עוֹנֶ֔ה דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי וְלֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־חָפַ֖צְתִּי בָּחָֽרוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* also I I.will.choose (in) punishments their and fears their I.will.bring to them because I.called and there.\[was\].not \[one.who\].answered I.spoke and not they.listened and they.did the evil in eyes my and.(in) \[that\] which not I.desired they.chose

*JPS 1917:* Even so I will choose their mockings, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear, but they did that which was evil in Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

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