Tâlâʼ — H8511

Definition

verb

to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate

1. (Qal) to hang, hang to, cling to

Usually translated as

be bent, hang

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• hístēmi (G2476)
• kremánnymi (G2910)

Occurrences

Tâlâʼ occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), Hosea (1)

• Deuteronomy 28:66 — And thy life shall hang in doubt (תְּלֻאִ֥ים) before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
• 2 Samuel 21:12 — And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged (תְּלָא֥וּם) them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
• Hosea 11:7 — And my people are bent (תְלוּאִ֖ים) to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.