Ṭâlâʼ — H2921

Definition

verb

properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry)

1. to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured
1. (Qal)
1. to spot
2. spotted (participle)
2. (Pual) to be patched

Usually translated as

spotted, clouted, with divers colours

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Ṭâlâʼ occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Joshua (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 30:32 — I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted (וְטָל֗וּא) cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
• Genesis 30:32 — I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted (וְטָל֥וּא) and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
• Genesis 30:33 — So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted (וְטָל֜וּא) among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
• Genesis 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted (וְהַטְּלֻאִ֗ים), and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
• Genesis 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted (וְהַטְּלֻאֹ֔ת), and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
• Genesis 30:39 — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted (וּטְלֻאִֽים).
• Joshua 9:5 — And old shoes and clouted (וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙) upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
• Ezekiel 16:16 — And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with (טְלֻא֔וֹת) divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.