Lexical Definition

‎טִיט‎ ṭîyṭ (teet) mud ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perb. a demonstrative); from ‎טוּא‎, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)

clay, dirt, mire.

• mud or clay
• figuratively, calamity

1) mud, clay, mire, damp dirt
1a) mud, mire
1b) clay (poetical)

See Greek: βόρβορος · πηλός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tin (‎ט‎ִ‎ין‎ "common" טִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טִיט‎ noun masculine mud, mire, clay (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ‰î‰u, id., Flood Tablet iii, 10. 25) — absolute ‎טִיט‎ Job 41:22* + 6 t.; construct id. Mic 7:10 + 5 t.; —

1. mud, mire of streets (always in simile of contempt, ignominious treatment) ‎חוּצוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Mic 7:10; Ps 18:43* = 2Sam 22:43; Zech 9:3; Zech 10:5 of Jeremiah's dungeon Jer 38:6 (twice in verse); of mire in which crocodile lies Job 41:22* cast up by sea Isa 57:20 (|| ‎רֶפֶשׁ‎); of a bog (figurative of distress) Ps 69:15* and ‎הַיָּוֵן‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Ps 40:30.

2. poetic of potter's clay (|| ‎חֹמֶר‎) Isa 41:25, brick-clay (|| id.) Nah 3:14.

‎טוֺטָפֹת‎, ‎טֹטָפֹת‎ see ‎טטף‎.

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