טַל
ṭal · tal
dew (as covering vegetation)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2926 (טָלַל);
dew (as covering vegetation)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dew.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › authority, the one who leads
To surround and contain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the dew3 · 10%
- dew3 · 10%
- and when the dew2 · 6%
- as the dew2 · 6%
- of dew2 · 6%
- thee of the dew1 · 3%
- and of the dew1 · 3%
- for the dew1 · 3%
- and if the dew1 · 3%
- let there be dew1 · 3%
- only, and there was dew1 · 3%
- let there be no dew1 · 3%
- upon him as the dew1 · 3%
- there shall not be dew1 · 3%
- and the dew1 · 3%
- thou hast the dew1 · 3%
- is as dew1 · 3%
- with dew1 · 3%
- for thy dew1 · 3%
- is as the dew1 · 3%
- i will be as the dew1 · 3%
- as a dew1 · 3%
- from dew1 · 3%
- their dew1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.