Lexical Definition

‎תָּעָה‎ tâʻâh (taw-aw') to go astray ^H:V
a primitive root

(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

• to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively)
• also causative of both

1) to err, wander, go astray, stagger
1a) (Qal) to err
1a1) to wander about (physically)
1a2) of intoxication
1a3) of sin (ethically)
1a4) wandering (of the mind)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard)
1b2) to be led astray (ethically)
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to wander
1c1) to cause to wander about (physically)
1c2) to cause to wander (of intoxication)
1c3) to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)

See Greek: ἐξάγω · ἐξωθέω · πλανάω · πλανάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תָּעָה‎ verb err (|| form of ‎טָעָה‎, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) ‎תְּעָא‎, ‎תְּעִי‎ id.; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Isa 21:4 1 singular ‎תָּעִ֫יתִי‎ Ps 119:110; Ps 119:176, etc.; imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תֵּתַע‎ Gen 21:14; Prov 7:25 3 masculine plural ‎יִתְעוּ‎ Isa 35:8 +; Infinitive construct ‎תְּעוֺת‎ Ezek 44:10 +; Participle ‎תֹּעֶה‎ Gen 37:15 +, etc.; —

1. physically, wander about, absolute Exod 23:4 (E) Isa 35:8; Isa 53:6; Job 38:41; Ps 119:176 with ‎ב‎ location Gen 21:14; Gen 37:15 (JE), Prov 7:25; Ps 107:4 with ‎ל‎ location Isa 47:15 accusative of location Isa 16:8.

2. of intoxication, with ‎בְּ‎ of wine Isa 28:7 ‎מן‎ of wine vIsa 28:7 figurative of perplexity, subject ‎לבב‎ Isa 21:4.

3. ethically, absolute Ezek 44:10; Ezek 48:11 (3 t. in verse); Ps 58:4*, probably Prov 14:22 (compare ‎חוטא‎ vProv 14:21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); ‎תֹּעֵי רוח‎ Isa 29:24, ‎תֹּעֵי לבב‎ Ps 95:10 with ‎מן‎ Ps 119:110; Prov 21:16, ‎מֵאַחֲרַי‎ Ezek 14:11, ‎מֵעָלַי‎ Ezek 44:10; Ezek 44:15.

Niph`al 1. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Infinitive construct ‎הִתָּעוֺת‎ Isa 19:14.

2. ethically: Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִתְעָה‎ be led astray Job 15:31 (with ‎בשׁוֺא‎). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִתְעָה‎ Hos 4:12 (We ‎הִתְעָם‎); Imperfect ‎וַיֶּ֫תַע‎ 2Chr 33:9 suffix ‎וַיַּתְעֵם‎ Job 12:24 +; Participle ‎מַתְעֶה‎ Isa 30:28 +; —

1. physically: cause to wander about: absolute Isa 30:28 (of bridle, in figure), Prov 10:17; Jer 50:6 (accusative of people as sheep); accusative of person Prov 12:26 with ‎מן‎ location Gen 20:13 (E), ‎ב‎ location Job 12:24 = Ps 107:40.

2. of intoxication, Isa 19:13; Isa 19:14; Job 12:25.

3. mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: absolute Isa 3:12; Isa 9:15*; Hos 4:12 with accusative of person Amos 2:4; Mic 3:5; 2Kgs 21:9 = 2Chr 33:9; Jer 23:13; Jer 23:32 with ‎ב‎ object Jer 42:20 (so Gf; Ke and others (so Prov 10:17) intransitive err at cost of; ᵐ5 Ew Du Co ‎הֲרֵעֹתֶם‎); with ‎מן‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 63:17.

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