תְּלָאָה
tᵉlâʼâh · tel-aw-aw'
distress
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3811 (לָאָה);
distress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: travail, travel, trouble.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּלָאָה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and all the travail1 · 25%
- all the travail1 · 25%
- let not all the trouble1 · 25%
- and travail1 · 25%
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.