Lexicon :: Strong's H2919 - ṭal

Now may God give you of the dew of heaven [to water your land],

And of the fatness (fertility) of the earth,

And an abundance of grain and [fn]new wine;

Then Isaac his father answered and [prophesied and] said to him,

“Your dwelling shall be away from the fertility of the earth

And away from the dew of heaven above;

So in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a blanket of dew around the camp.

“Let my teaching drop as the rain,

My speech distill as the dew,

As the light rain upon the tender grass,

And as the spring showers upon the herb.

And of [fn]Joseph he said,

“Blessed by the LORD be his land,

With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,

And from the deep water that lies beneath,

“So Israel dwells in safety and security,

The fountain of Jacob alone and secluded,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His heavens also drop down dew.

“[fn]O mountains of Gilboa,

Let not dew or rain be upon you, nor fields with offerings;

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

The shield of Saul, [dry, cracked] not [fn]anointed with oil.

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

‘My root is spread out and open to the waters,

And the dew lies all night upon my branch.

“Has the rain a father?

Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;

In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,

Your young men are to You as the dew.

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon

Coming down on the hills of Zion;

For there the LORD has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

By His knowledge the deeps were broken up

And the clouds drip with dew.

The king’s wrath terrifies like the roaring of a lion,

But his favor is as [refreshing and nourishing as] dew on the grass.

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;

My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’

For this is what the LORD has said to me,

“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,

Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,

Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Your dead will live;

[fn]Their dead bodies will rise.

You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!

For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],

And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

O Ephraim, what shall I do with you?

O Judah, what shall I do with you?

For your [wavering] loyalty and kindness are [transient] like the morning cloud

And like the dew that goes away early.

Therefore they will be [swiftly dissipated] like the morning cloud

Or like dew which soon disappears,

Like chaff which swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor,

And like smoke from the chimney or through the window [worthless and without substance —they will vanish].

I shall be like the dew to Israel;

He will blossom like the lily,

And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Then the remnant of Jacob

Shall be among many peoples

Like dew from the LORD,

Like showers on the grass [a source of blessing]

Which [come suddenly and] do not wait for man

Nor delay for the sons of men.