Lexical Definition

‎תְּפִלָּה‎ tᵉphillâh (tef-il-law') prayer ^H:N-F
from ‎פָּלַל‎

prayer.

• intercession, supplication
• by implication, a hymn

1) prayer
1a) prayer
1b) pray a prayer
1c) house of prayer
1d) hear prayer
1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

See Greek: δέησις · εὐχή · εὔχομαι · προσευχή · ὕμνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּפִלָּה‎₇₇ noun feminine prayer; — ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Isa 1:15 +, construct ‎תְּפִּלַּת‎ Ps 80:5* +; suffix ‎תְּפלָּתִי‎ Ps 4:2* +, etc.; plural ‎תְּפִלּוֺת‎ Ps 72:20 —

1. a. prayer, 1Kgs 8:38 = 2Chr 6:29; Isa 1:15; Ps 35:13; Ps 80:5* +.
b. pray a prayer, ‎׳‎‎ת‎ ‎׳‎‎הִתְפ‎ 2Sam 7:27; 1Kgs 8:54 (compare v1Kgs 8:28 v1Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 6:19; 2Chr 6:20); ‎׳‎‎דִּבֶּר בַּתּ‎ Dan 9:21 specifically of intercession, ‎׳‎‎נשׂא ת‎, with ‎בְּעַד‎ in behalf of 2Kgs 19:4 = Isa 37:4; Jer 7:16; Jer 11:14.
c. ‎אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 2Chr 33:18, ‎לְאֵל‎ Ps 42:9*, compare Ps 69:14* with verb + ‎לפני‎ Ps 88:3*; Ps 141:2 ‎תְּקַדְּמֶ֑ךָּ‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Ps 88:14*.
d. ‎׳‎‎בית ת‎ Isa 56:7 (twice in verse) house of prayer (temple); with verb + ‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎ + ‎אלהֿיכל‎ Jonah 2:8* with verb + ‎למעון קדשׁו‎ 2Chr 30:27.
e. hear prayer ‎׳‎‎שׁמע (אֶתֿ) ת‎ 1Kgs 8:45; 1Kgs 8:49 = 2Chr 6:35; 2Chr 6:39; 1Kgs 9:3; Ps 4:2*; Ps 39:13* + 9 t.; ‎׳‎‎שׁמע אֶלתֿ‎ 1Kgs 8:28; 1Kgs 8:29 = 2Chr 6:19; 2Chr 6:20; Neh 1:6; Dan 9:17 ‎׳‎‎פנהאל ת‎ 1Kgs 8:28 = 2Chr 6:19; Ps 102:18* ‎׳‎‎אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֺת לת‎ 2Chr 6:40; 2Chr 7:15, compare Neh 1:11 (‎אֶל‎), ‎הַקְשִׁיבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ps 61:2* ‎׳‎‎הִקְשִׁיבּ בְּקוֺל ת‎ Ps 66:19 ‎׳‎‎הַאֲזִינָה ת‎ Ps 17:1; Ps 55:2*; Ps 86:6 ‎׳‎‎לקח ת‎ Ps 6:10* compare Ps 66:20; Ps 102:18*b.

2. in Psalm-titles, poetic, liturgical prayer Ps 17:1; Ps 86:1; Ps 90:1; Ps 102:1*; Ps 142:1*; Hab 3:1 of Davidic Psalter, ‎תפלות דוד‎ Ps 72:20.

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