Lexical Definition

‎תָּלָא‎ tâlâʼ (taw-law') to hang ^H:V
a primitive root

be bent, hang (in doubt).

• to suspend
• figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain
• by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate

1) (Qal) to hang, hang to, cling to

See Greek: ἵστημι · κρεμάννυμι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: תָּלָה

‎תָּלָא‎ verb hang (|| form of ‎תלה‎, Ges^{«GKC:75rr»§ 75rr}); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural suffix ‎תְּלָאוּם‎ 2Sam 21:12 Qr the Philistines had hanged them (Kt ‎תלום‎; see Dr); Passive participle ‎תְּלֻאִים‎ Deut 28:66 thy life shall be hung up before thee, i.e. be in suspense, each moment uncertain. — ‎וְעַמִּי תְלוּאִים לִמְשׁוּבָתִי‎ Hos 11:7 my people is hung up to my backsliding is certainly corrupt (AV bent to backsliding from me, i.e. huge or swung toward turning from me, compare GASm, but very dubious); Marti conjectures ‎נִלְוִים‎ ‎אֶלעֲֿצַבִּים‎; Oettli Now^{2 Harper} ‎נִלְאָה‎ or ‎הֶלְאַ֫נִי‎ has wearied itself [me] in backsliding.

[‎תַּלְאֻבָה‎] see ‎לאב‎. ‎תְּלָאָה‎ see ‎לאה‎.

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