Tala טָלָא
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| טָלָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tala |
| Strong's number | H2921 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to spot |
| Occurrences | 8 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (4) |
Tala (Hebrew טָלָא, Strong's H2921) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to spot”. It occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spot
1a2) spotted (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be patched
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spot
1a2) spotted (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be patched
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | spotted (6), clouted (1), colours (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | spotted (5), every spotted (1), patched (1), colorful (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tala, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 30:32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
- Genesis 30:33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- Genesis 30:35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
- Genesis 30:39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
Joshua
- Joshua 9:5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).