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title: תְּפִלָּה — prayer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּפִלָּה (8605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 77 times: prayer. BDB 1906: n.f. prayer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּפִלָּה

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«תְּפִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prayer** — 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:** 77 times · **Key:** 8605 · **BDB:** תְּפִלָּה

### Glosses

prayer (52); the.prayer (10); a.prayer (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prayer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8605/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. prayer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8605/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. prayer;—ת׳ Is 1:15 +, cstr. תְּפִלַּת ψ 80:5 +; sf. תְּפִלָּתִי 4:2 +, etc.; pl. תְּפִלּוֹת 72:20;— prayer, 1 K 8:38 = 2 Ch 6:29; Is 1:15 ψ 35:13; 80:5 +. pray a prayer, הִתְפ׳ ת׳ 2 S 7:27; 1 K 8:54 (cf. v 28, 29 = 2 Ch 6:19, 20); דִּבֶּר בַּתּ׳ Dn 9:21; specif. of intercession, נשׂא ת׳, c. בְּעַד in behalf of 2 K 19:4 = Is 37:4; Je 7:16; 11:14. ת׳ אֶל־אֱלֹהִים 2 Ch 33:18, לְאֵל ψ 42:9, cf. 69:14; c. vb. + לפני 88:3; 141:2; תּ׳ תְּקַדְּמֶ֑ךָּ 88:14. בית ת׳ Is 56:7(×2) house of prayer (temple); c. vb. + אֶל־י׳ + אל־היכל Jon 2:8; c. vb. + למעון קדשׁו 2 Ch 30:27. hear prayer is ת׳ (אֶת־) שׁמע 1 K 8:45, 49 = 2 Ch 6:35, 39, 1 K 9:3 ψ 4:2; 39:13 + 9 times; שׁמע אֶל־ת׳ 1 K 8:28, 29 = 2 Ch 6:19, 20; Ne 1:6; Dn 9:17; פנה אל ת׳ 1 K 8:28 = 2 Ch 6:19, ψ 102:18; אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לת׳ 2 Ch 6:40; 7:15, cf. Ne 1:11 (אֶל), הַקְשִׁיבָה ת׳ ψ 61:2; הִקְשִׁיב בְּקוֹל ת׳ 66:19; הַאֲזִינָה ת׳ 17:1; 55:2; 86:6; לקח ת׳ 6:10; cf. 66:20; 102:18b. in ψ-titles, poetic, liturgical prayer ψ 17:1; 86:1; 90:1; 102:1; 142:1 Hb 3:1; of Davidic Psalter, תפלות דוד ψ 72:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 of its verses cited, 1 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 «תְּפִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.20/)

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כָּלּ֥וּ תְפִלּ֑וֹת דָּ֝וִ֗ד בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* they.are.finished the.prayers of.David the.son of.Jesse

*JPS 1917:* The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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[Psalms 65:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.3/)

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שֹׁמֵ֥עַ תְּפִלָּ֑ה עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ כָּל־בָּשָׂ֥ר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.\[you.who\].hear prayer to you all flesh they.will.come

*JPS 1917:* O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee doth all flesh come.

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