Strong H2921טָלָא
to spot
- Transliteration
- ţâlâ'
- Pronunciation
- taw-law'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to cover with pieces; that {is} (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry): - {clouted} with divers {colours} spotted.
Detailed definition
1) to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spot
1a2) spotted (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be patched
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spot
1a2) spotted (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be patched
In the Bible
Strong H2921 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- spot4
- clout1
- colour1
- spotted1
First verses
- Genesis 30:32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
- Genesis 30:33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- Genesis 30:35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
- Genesis 30:39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
- Joshua 9:5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
- Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.