King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8511
Transliteration: tala
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hang
Meaning: to suspend, to be uncertain, to habituate
Word Summary
tala: to hang
Original Word: תָּלָאTransliteration: tala
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hang
Meaning: to suspend, to be uncertain, to habituate
Strong's Concordance
be bent, hang in doubt A primitive root; to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate -- be bent, hang (in doubt).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8511. tala
תָּלָא verb hang ("" form of תלה, Ges§ 75rr); —
Qal Perfect3plural suffix תְּלָאוּם 2 Samuel 21:12 Qr the Philistines had hanged them (Kt תלום; see Dr); Passive participle תְּלֻאִים Deuteronomy 28:66 thy life shall be hung up before thee, i.e. be in suspense, each moment uncertain. — לִמְשׁוּבָתִי תְלוּאִים וְעַמִּי Hosea 11:7 my people is hung up to my backsliding is certainly corrupt (AV bent to backsliding from me, i.e. huge or swung toward turning from me, compare GASm, but very dubious); Marti conjectures אֶלעֲֿצַבִּים נִלְוִים; Oettli Now2Harper נִלְאָה or הֶלְאַ֫נִי has wearied itself [me] in backsliding.
[תַּלְאֻבָה] see לאב. תְּלָאָה see לאה.