טָלָא
ṭâlâʼ · taw-law'
properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry)
- properly, to cover with pieces
- i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clouted, with divers colours, spotted.
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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
To surround and contain of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָלָא 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and spotted5 · 63%
- and the spotted1 · 13%
- and clouted1 · 13%
- with divers colours1 · 13%
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.