Lexical Definition

‎טַל‎ ṭal (tal) dew ^H:N-M
from ‎טָלַל‎

dew.

• dew (as covering vegetation)

1) dew, night mist

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tal (‎ט‎ַ‎ל‎ "dew" טַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: טַל
‎טַל‎ noun masculine^{Judg 6:37} night-mist, dew (Late Hebrew ‎טַל‎ dew; Aramaic , ‎טַלָּא‎ dew; Arabic light rain, dew; Ethiopic dew) — ‎׳‎‎ט‎ absolute 1Sam 1:21 + 12 t.; ‎טָ֑ל‎ Judg 6:13 + 9 t.; construct ‎טַל‎ Gen 27:28 + 4 t.; suffix ‎טַלֶּ֑ךָ‎ Isa 26:19, ‎טַלָּם‎ Zech 8:12 — night-mist, taking place of our dew (see Che Isa 18:4 & Ps 110:3 Lane¹⁸⁶², Neil^{Pal. Explored 129}); as coming from the sky and bringing fertility, ‎טַל הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ Gen 27:28 (God gives it, ‎נתן‎), & vGen 27:39 (+ ‎מֵעָ֑ל‎), compare Deut 33:28 (heavens distil it, ‎ערף‎), Hag 1:10; Zech 8:12 (heavens give it, ‎נתן‎); in Deut 33:13 read perhaps ‎מֵעָ֑ל‎ for ‎מִטַּל‎ (see || Gen 49:25 and Di); clouds distil it (‎רעף‎) Prov 3:20 followed by ‎עַל‎, it descends (‎ירד‎) upon the camp Num 11:9 (JE); it is upon the ground Judg 6:39; Judg 6:40, compare 2Sam 1:21 (+ ‎מָטָר‎); upon the fleece Judg 6:37 is wrung out (‎מוץ‎) of the fleece vJudg 6:38 remains through the night (‎לון‎) Job 29:19, compare ‎׳‎‎שִׁכְבַת הַטּ‎ the lying of dew = the dew lying Exod 16:13; Exod 16:14 (P; it goes up (‎עלה‎) in morning); it is in drops ‎מִי הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי טָ֑ל‎ Job 38:28 covers the head of one out at night Song 5:2 it comes (‎היה‎) by word of prophet 1Kgs 17:1 (+ ‎מָטָר‎); simile of stealthy approach ‎כַּאֲשֶׁר יִפֹּל הַטַּל עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה‎ 2Sam 17:12 simile denoting welcome and gentle refreshment, of speech, which distils (‎נזל‎) like it Deut 32:2 (poem; || ‎שְׂעִירִים‎, ‎רְבִיבִים‎); of fraternal unity ‎כְּטַל חֶרְמוֺן‎ Ps 133:3 (‎ירד על‎); of king's favour Prov 19:12 (‎על‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s kindness Hos 14:6* ‎כְּעָב טַל‎ Isa 18:4 like a mist-cloud, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s quiet watching; of Jacob's influence among nations Mic 5:6* (‎׳‎‎מֵאֵת י‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎; || ‎רְבִיבִים‎); ‎טַל אוֺרֹת טַלֶּ֑ךָ‎ Isa 26:19 a dew of light is thy dew (see I. ‎אוֺרָה‎, p. 21:b above and Baud^{Stud. Semitic Rel. ii. 264 f.}); as transitory, ‎כַּטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ‎ Hos 6:4 like the dew early departing, so Hos 13:3 (both || ‎עַנַןבֹּֿקֶר‎); figurative of young warriors of king established by ‎׳‎‎י‎, with flashing weapons, like dewdrops ‎טַל יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 110:3.

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