What does תָּלָה · ῥίπτω mean in the Bible?
תָּלָה · ῥίπτω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to hurl, cast away forcefully".
Hebrew · H8518, G4496
Talah
To suspend (especially to gibbet) · to throw/lay down
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תָּלָה H8518 to suspend (especially to gibbet)
Pronunciation tālāh
Execution by suspension; the corpse left exposed as public shame and divine curse against the dead
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ῥίπτω G4496 to throw/lay down
Pronunciation rhíptō
Violent, forceful throwing with emphasis on the physical act itself, not the result or purpose.
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What does talah (talah) mean in the Bible?
תָּלָה · ῥίπτω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to hurl, cast away forcefully".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8518, G4496?
H8518, G4496 is connected to 29 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to hurl, cast away forcefully
Source Gloss
to hurl, cast away forcefully
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 15
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 12×
Perfect Gen 40:22 · Gen 41:13 · Josh 8:29 · Esth 8:7 · Esth 9:14 · Ps 137:2 6×
Participle passive 2Sam 18:10 · Deut 21:23 · Josh 10:26 · Song 4:4 4×
Jussive Esth 9:13 1×
Participle active Job 26:7 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 2×
Perfect Ezek 27:10 · Ezek 27:11 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Lam 5:12 1×
Word Origins
talah is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain