Telem תֶּ֫לֶם

Telem (Hebrew תֶּ֫לֶם, Strong's H8525) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “furrow”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Telem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 31:38
  If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
• Job 39:10
  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Psalms

• Psalm 65:10
  Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

Hosea

• Hosea 10:4
  They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
• Hosea 12:11
  Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).