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title: תָּלַל — deride · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּלַל (lemma:תָּלַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: deride. BDB 1906: vb. mock, deceive, trifle with. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּלַל

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«תָּלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deride** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:תָּלַל · **BDB:** תָּלַל

### Glosses

you.have.deceived (3); \[which\].it.is.deceived (1); deceives (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. mock, deceive, trifle with [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. mock, deceive, trifle with (perhaps akin to Arabic دَلَّ act coquettishly; cf. secondary √ \[הָתַל\] p. 251);—mock, trifle with, c. ב pers.: Pf. 3 ms. (בִּי) הֵ֫תֶל Gn 31:7 (E), 2 ms. הֵתַ֫לְתָּ Je 16:10, 13, 15; Impf. 3 mpl. יְהָתֵ֫לּוּ Je 9:4, 2 mpl. תְּהָתֵ֫לּוּ Jb 13:9 (on both v. Ges§ 53 q Baerad loc.); Inf. cstr. Jb 13:9 and (abs.) Ex 8:25 (J). Pf. 3 ms. הוּתַל Is 44:20 a heart (which is deceived.—Vid. \[הָחַל\], הֲתֻלִים p. 251.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.9/)

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הֲ֭טוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־כְּהָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[will it.be\].good? (dm) he.will.examine you or? as deceives (in).a person will.you.deceive (in) him

*JPS 1917:* Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?

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[Jeremiah 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.4/)

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וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* and each (in) neighbor his they.deceive and truth not they.speak they.have.taught tongue their to.speak falsehood to.do.iniquity they.are.weary

*JPS 1917:* And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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