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Lexicon :: Strong's H2921 - ṭālā'

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טָלָא
Transliteration
ṭālā'
Pronunciation
taw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 805

Strong’s Definitions

טָלָא ṭâlâʼ, taw-law'; a primitive root; properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry):—clouted, with divers colours, spotted.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2921 in the following manner: spotted (6x), diverse colours (1x), clouted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2921 in the following manner: spotted (6x), diverse colours (1x), clouted (1x).

  1. to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured

    1. (Qal)

      1. to spot

      2. spotted (participle)

    2. (Pual) to be patched

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָלָא ṭâlâʼ, taw-law'; a primitive root; properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry):—clouted, with divers colours, spotted.
STRONGS H2921: Abbreviations
† [טָלָא] verb patch, spot (Late Hebrew id., patch) —
Qal Passive participle טָלוּא Genesis 30:32 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:33; plural טְלֻאִים Genesis 30:35; Genesis 30:39; טְלֻאוֺת Ezekiel 16:16; טְלֻאֹת) Genesis 30:35; chiefly of spotted, variegated sheep and goats (Jacob & Laban); || נָקֹד, נְקֻדִּים Genesis 30:32 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:33, 35; || עקדים Genesis 30:35; || both, Genesis 30:39 (all J); of high places, variegated (gaily-coloured shrines) Ezekiel 16:16.
Pu. Participle מְטֻלָּאוֺת patched, of sandals Joshua 9:5 (JE).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:32; 30:32; 30:33; 30:33; 30:35; 30:35; 30:35; 30:35; 30:39; 30:39

Joshua

9:5

Ezekiel

16:16; 16:16

H2921

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2921 matches the Hebrew טָלָא (ṭālā'),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:16 - You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[fn]
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