Lexical Definition

‎תָּלָה‎ tâlâh (taw-law') to hang ^H:V
a primitive root

hang (up).

• to suspend (especially to gibbet)

1) to hang
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hang
1a1a) to hang up (any object)
1a1b) to put to death by hanging
1b) (Niphal) to be hanged
1c) (Piel) to hang, hang up (for display)

See Greek: κρεμάννυμι · σταυρόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תָּלָה‎ verb hang (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian Pi`el tullû, hang up; Arabic let down, dangle (a rope, etc.); Aramaic ‎תְּלָא‎, hang; perhaps Old Aramaic ‎תלה‎ id., Lzb³⁸⁶; Ethiopic in derived sense, be devoted, addicted, to); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 40:22 +; 2 masculine singular ‎וְתָלִ֫יתָ‎ Deut 21:22 consecutive; 3 plural ‎תָּלוּ‎ Esth 8:7; Esth 9:14 suffix ‎תלום‎ 2Sam 21:12 Kt (Qr see ‎תלא‎), etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וַיִּתְלֵם‎ Josh 10:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural suffix ‎תְּלֻהוּ‎ Esth 7:9 Infinitive construct ‎לִתְלוֺת‎ Ezek 15:3; Esth 6:4 Participle active ‎תֹּלֶה‎ Job 26:7 passive ‎תָּלוּי‎ Deut 31:23 + 2 t., plural ‎תְּלוּיִם‎ Josh 10:26 — hang:

1. hang up any object: accusative of hands and feet of slain, + ‎עַלהַֿבְּרֵכָה‎ 2Sam 4:12 ‎תָּלוּי‎ of Absalom ‎בָּאֵלָה‎ in the terebinth 2Sam 18:10 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ with accusative of thing, + ‎עַל‎ Isa 22:24; Ezek 15:3; Song 4:4; Ps 137:2 subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎אֶרֶץ עַלבְּֿלִימָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Job 26:7.

2. specifically put to death by hanging, with accusative of person Gen 40:22; Gen 41:13 (both E), 2Sam 21:12 (compare ‎תלא‎), Esth 9:14 absolute ‎תָּלוּי‎ Deut 21:23 one hanged; accusative of person + ‎עַלעֵֿץ‎ Gen 40:19 (E), Deut 21:22; Josh 8:29; Josh 10:26 (twice in verse) (all J E), Esth 5:14; Esth 6:4; Esth 7:9; Esth 7:10; Esth 8:7; Esth 9:13; Esth 9:25. Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ‎ Lam 5:12 princes have been hung up by their hands; Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתָּלוּ עַלעֵֿץ‎ Esth 2:23 they were hanged on a tree; + 3 masculine singular with apocope ‎וַיִּתָּל‎ 2Sam 18:9 (for ‎וַיּתַֻּן‎ see ‎נתן‎ Hoph`al). Pi`el hang up for display, with accusative of thing: Perfect 3 plural ‎תִּלּוּ‎ Ezek 27:10 (‎ב‎ location), vEzek 27:11 (‎עַלאחוֺמוֺתַיִךְ‎).

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