Lexical Definition

‎תְּהִלָּה‎ tᵉhillâh (teh-hil-law') praise ^H:N-F
from ‎הָלַל‎

praise.

• laudation
• specifically (concretely) a hymn

1) praise, song or hymn of praise
1a) praise, adoration, thanksgiving (paid to God)
1b) act of general or public praise
1c) praise-song (as title)
1d) praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God)
1e) renown, fame, glory
1e1) of Damascus, God
1e2) object of praise, possessor of renown (fig)

See Greek: αἴνεσις · ἀρέτη · δόξα · ἔνδοξος · ἔπαινος · καύχημα · ὕμνος · ὑπόμνησις · ψαλμός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּהִלָּה‎ noun feminine praise, song of praise (compare Arabic , the shouting of sacred formula; Sprenger^{Muhammad iii.527} We^{Skizzen iii.107 ff.} 114. 117. 214 Nö^{ZMG 1887, 723} RS^{Semitic i. 411} Che^{OP 460}) absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Isa 60:18 + 19 t. + Jer 49:25 Kt, see ifrom; construct ‎תְּהִלַּת‎ Jer 48:2 + 2 t.; suffix ‎תְּהִלָּתִי‎ Jer 17:14 + 6 t.; ‎תְּהִלָּ˜תְךָ‎ Deut 10:21; Ps 48:11*, ‎תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 35:38 + 6 t.; ‎תְּהִלָּתֶּיךָ‎ Ps 9:15* **on ‎תְּהִדָמלָּ֫תֶיךָ‎ Ps 9:15* as error for ‎לָֹּ֫תֶךָ‎- or ‎לֹּ֫תֶיךָ‎-, see Ol^{§ 131 k; 39 c} Sta^{§ 354 b} Hup Now and others on the passage. ‎תְּהִלָּתוֺ‎ Isa 42:10 + 10 t.; plural absolute ‎תְּהִלֹּת‎ Exod 15:11 construct ‎תְּהִלּוֺת‎ Ps 22:4* + 3 t.; —

1. praise, adoration, thanksgiving, paid to ‎׳‎‎֯ ׃י‎ Ps 48:11* ‎כשׁמך אלהים כן תהלתך‎ ‎לְ קצוי ארץ‎ as thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth, Ps 111:10 ‎תהלתו עמדת‎ ‎לעד‎, ‎תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֺ בְּפִי‎ Ps 34:2* continually is his praise in my mouth (|| ‎׳‎‎אֲבָֽרֲכָה אֶתיֿ‎) compare Ps 71:6, also ‎ימָּלֵא פִי תְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 71:8, ‎׳‎‎פִּי יַגִּיד ת‎ Ps 51:7*, ‎תַּכַּעְנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שְׂפָתַי ת‎ Ps 119:171, ‎׳‎‎יְדַבֶּר פִּ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ps 145:21 (|| ‎וִיבָרֵךְ כָּלֿ‎ ‎בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֺ‎); as sung, song of praise ‎יָשִׁירוּ‎ ‎תִּהִלָּתוֺ‎ Ps 106:12 ‎הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים וְשִׁירתְּֿהִלָּה וְהוֺדוֺת לֵאלֹהִים‎ Neh 12:46 compare ‎לֵאלֹהֵינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ps 40:4* (appositive ‎שֹׁיר הָדָשׁ‎) & Isa 42:10 (appositive id.), also ‎׳‎‎לַיְשָׁרִים נָאוָה ת‎ Isa 33:1 (|| ‎׳‎‎רַנְנוּ צַדִּיקִים בי‎); see perhaps Ps 148:14 (Che; yet see De VB); note further ‎אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי‎ Ps 109:1 ‎יוֺשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Ps 22:4* inhabiting the praises of Israel; ‎וּמְרוֺמָם עַלכֶּֿלבְּֿרָכָה וּתְהִלָּה‎ Neh 9:5 exalted above all blessing and praise; compare also ‎תְּהִלָּתִי‎ Isa 48:9 (|| ‎שְׁמִי‎), & of praise due to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 42:8.

2. the act of general, public, praise (compare also above especially Ps 22:4*; Ps 33:1; Ps 106:12; Neh 12:46); — ‎בּאֹוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֺדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּת‎ Ps 100:4 enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; ‎שִׁיר חָדָשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שִׁירוּ לי‎ ‎תְּהִלָּתוֺ בִּקְהִל חֲסִידִים‎ Plalm Ps 149:1 compare Ps 22:26*; Ps 65:2*; Ps 66:2; Ps 147:1 before the army ‎הֵחֵלּוּ בְרִנָּה וּתְחִלָּה‎ 2Chr 20:22 in exhortation to the peoples ‎הַשְׁמִיעוּ‎ ‎קוֺל תְּהִלָּתוֺ‎ Ps 66:8 (|| ‎בָּֽרֲכוּ עַמִּים אֱלֹהֵינוּ‎), compare Isa 42:12.

3. praise-song, as title, ‎תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד‎ Ps 145:1 (so Late Hebrew ‎ספר תהלות‎ & ‎תְּהִלִּים‎, ‎תִּילִּים‎, = Psalms).

4. qualities, deeds, etc., of ‎׳‎‎י‎, demanding praise: — ‎נוֺרָא תְהִלֹּת‎ Exod 15:11 (song), i.e. terrible in attributes that call for praise (|| ‎נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ‎ & ‎עשֵֹׁה פֶלֶא‎); often (both singular and plural) of Yahweh's deeds with verb ‎סִפֵּר‎ Ps 9:15*; Ps 78:4; Ps 79:13; Isa 43:21, also + ‎׳‎‎שֵׁם י‎ Ps 102:22* with ‎יַשְׁמִיעַ‎ Ps 106:2 (|| ‎׳‎‎יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֺת י‎); + ‎צִדְקֶ֑ךָ‎ with ‎יֶהְגֶּה‎ Ps 35:28 with ‎יְבַשֵּׂ֑רוּ‎ Isa 60:6 + ‎׳‎‎חַסְדֵי י‎, with ‎אַזְכִּיר‎ Isa 63:7 vid also ‎לְהֹדוֺת לְשֵׁם קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ ‎לְהִשְׁתַּבֵחַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 106:47 = 1Chr 16:35 to give thanks unto thy holy name, to glory in thy praises (= praiseworthy deeds).

5. renown, fame, glory:
a. of Damascus ‎עִיר תְּהִלָּ֑ה֯‎ Jer 49:25 (on Qr ‎תְּהִלָּ֑ת‎ see Hi Ges^{«GKC:80»§ 80}. 2 b); compare perhaps ‎מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה‎ Isa 61:3 mantle of renown (renown as a mantle, compare De VB; > Di splendid garment; but Bi Che Du read ‎מַעֲטֵה אֵ֔בֶל‎ and translate ‎׳‎‎ת‎ praise, song of praise, compare

1. 2).
b. of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎מָֽלְאָה הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎כִּסָּה שָׁמַים הוֺדוֺ וּת‎ Hab 3:3 his splendour hath covered (the) heavens, and of his renown the earth is full. Also
c. figurative, praise, renown, = object of praise, possessor of renown; used
(a) of Israel Deut 26:19 (absolute), Jer 13:11 (+ ‎לִי‎) Jer 33:9 (+ ‎לִי‎ and ‎לְכֹל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ‎) — all || ‎שֵׁם‎, ‎תִּפְאֶרֶת‎; see also Isa 61:11, & perhaps Ps 148:14 (see below 1 above);
(b) of Jerusalem Isa 62:7, also Zeph 3:19; Zeph 3:20 (both || ‎שֵׁם‎), all these with verb ‎הָיָה‎ or ‎שִׂים‎; compare ‎וְקָרָאת‎ ‎׳‎‎יְשׁוּעָה חוֺמֹתַיִךְ וּשְׁעָרַיִךְ ת‎ Isa 60:18
(c) of Babylon ‎וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ תְּהִלַּת כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Jer 51:41
(d) of Moab ‎אֵין‎ ‎מוֺאָב‎ ‎׳‎‎עוֺד ת‎ Jer 48:2
(e) of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎הוּא תְהִלָּֽתְךָ וְהוּא‎ ‎אֱלֹהֶיךָ‎ Deut 10:21, ‎כִּי תְהִלָּתִי אָ֑תָּה‎ Jer 17:14 (no verb)

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