STRONGS NUMBER H8582


Word Summary
taah: to err
Original Word: תָּעָה
Transliteration: taah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to err
Meaning: to vacillate, reel, stray
Strong's Concordance
cause to go astray, deceive, dissemble, cause to, make to err, seduce

A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both -- (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8582. taah

תָּעָהverb err ("" form of טָעָה‎, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעִי תְּעָא,id.; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳תIsaiah 21:4; 1singular תָּעִ֫יתִיPsalm 119:110; 119:176, etc.; imperfect3feminine singular תֵּתַעGenesis 21:14; Proverbs 7:25; 3masculine plural יִתְעוּIsaiah 35:8 +; Infinitive construct תְּעוֺתEzekiel 44:10 +; Participle תֹּעֶהGenesis 37:15 +, etc.; —

1 physically, wander about, absolute Exodus 23:4 (E) Isaiah 35:8; 53:6; Job 38:41; Psalm 119:176; with ב‎ location Genesis 21:14; 37:15 (JE), Proverbs 7:25; Psalm 107:4; with ל‎ location Isaiah 47:15; accusative of location 16:8.

2 of intoxication, with בְּ‎ of wine Isaiah 28:7; מן‎ of wine 28:7; figurative of perplexity, subject לבב21:4.

3 ethically, absolute Ezekiel 44:10; 48:11 (3 t. in verse); Psalm 58:4, probably Proverbs 14:22 (compare חוטא14:21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); רוח תֹּעֵיIsaiah 29:24, לבב תֹּעֵיPsalm 95:10; with מן119:110; Proverbs 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַיEzekiel 14:11, מֵעָלַי44:10, 15.

Niph`al 1. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Infinitive construct הִתָּעוֺתIsaiah 19:14.

2 ethically: Perfect3masculine singular נִתְעָהbe led astray Job 15:31 (with בשׁוֺא‎).

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִתְעָהHosea 4:12 (We הִתְעָם‎); Imperfect וַיֶּ֫תַע2 Chronicles 33:9; suffix וַיַּתְעֵםJob 12:24 +; Participle מַתְעֶהIsaiah 30:28 +; —

1 physically: cause to wander about: absolute Isaiah 30:28 (of bridle, in figure), Proverbs 10:17; Jeremiah 50:6 (accusative of people as sheep); accusative of person Proverbs 12:26; with מן‎ location Genesis 20:13 (E), ב‎ location Job 12:24 = Psalm 107:40.

2 of intoxication, Isaiah 19:13-14, Job 12:25.

3 mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: absolute Isaiah 3:12; 9:15; Hosea 4:12; with accusative of person Amos 2:4; Micah 3:5; 2 Kings 21:9 2 Chronicles 33:9; Jeremiah 23:13, 32; with ב‎ object 42:20 (so Gf; Ke and others (so Proverbs 10:17) intransitive err at cost of; ᵐ5‎ Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם‎); with מן‎ of ׳יIsaiah 63:17.