Word Study · Strong's H2919 · Hebrew
טַל
tal
tal
Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭal
“dew (as covering vegetation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
dew (as covering vegetation)
Rendered in the KJV as
dew.
- 31occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 27inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 31 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 27
- טָֽל׃3
- וְכַטַּ֖ל2
- טַ֣ל2
- הַטַּ֔ל1
- הַטַּ֛ל1
- הַטַּ֖ל1
- הַטָּ֑ל1
- וְ֝טַ֗ל1
- וּכְטַ֖ל1
- וּמִטַּ֥ל1
- טַל֩1
- טַל֙1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- dew11
- the dew4
- and like the dew2
- like the dew2
- [the] dew of1
- [will be the] dew of1
- and [is] like dew1
- and away from [the] dew of1
- and dew1
- dew their1
- dew your1
- from [the] dew1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- noun · masculine singular11
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 11
- HTd/Ncmsa · 4
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 31, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 27:28מִטַּל֙mitalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.here: some of [the] dew of
- Genesis 27:39וּמִטַּ֥לumitalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.here: and away from [the] dew of
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 16:13הַטַּ֔לhatalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThat evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.here: the dew
- Exodus 16:14הַטָּ֑לhatalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.here: the dew
Numbers1 occurrence
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 32:2כַּטַּ֖לkatalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLet my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.here: like the dew
- Deuteronomy 33:13מִטָּ֔לmitalpreposition + noun · masculine singularConcerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,here: from [the] dew
- Deuteronomy 33:28טָֽל׃talnoun · masculine singularSo Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.here: dew
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 6:37טַל֩talnoun · masculine singularthen behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”here: dew
- Judges 6:38טַל֙talnoun · masculine singularAnd that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.here: dew
- Judges 6:39טָּֽל׃talnoun · masculine singularThen Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”here: dew
- Judges 6:40טָֽל׃ פtalnoun · masculine singularAnd that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.here: dew
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:21טַ֧לtalnoun · masculine singularO mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.here: dew
- 2 Samuel 17:12הַטַּ֖לhatalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.here: the dew
Job2 occurrences
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 110:3טַ֣לtalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.here: [the] dew of
- Psalms 133:3כְּטַל־ketal-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.here: like [the] dew of
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 3:20טָֽל׃talnoun · masculine singularBy His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.here: dew
- Proverbs 19:12וּכְטַ֖לukhetalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularA king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.here: and [is] like dew
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 18:4טַ֖לtalnoun · masculine singularFor this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”here: dew
- Isaiah 26:19טַ֤לtalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.here: [will be the] dew of
- Isaiah 26:19טַלֶּ֔ךָtalekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.here: dew your
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 6:4וְכַטַּ֖לvekhatalconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhat shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.here: and like the dew
- Hosea 13:3וְכַטַּ֖לvekhatalconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularTherefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.here: and like the dew
- Hosea 14:5כַטַּל֙khatalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.here: like the dew
Same headword in Strong's