Tale

"(1.) Heb. tokhen, "a task," as weighed and measured out = tally," "i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam." "18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered "measure." "(2.) Heb. hegeh, "a thought;" "meditation" (Ps. 90:9); meaning "properly "as a whisper of sadness," which is soon over, or "as a" "thought." The LXX. and Vulgate render it "spider;" the" "Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is" "told. In Job 37:2 this word is rendered "sound;" Revised Version" "margin, "muttering;" and in Ezek. 2:10, "mourning."

"Of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal" "to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the" "LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular" "mass, as the Hebrew name kikkar denotes. A talent of gold was" double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15).