Word Study · Strong's H8585 · Hebrew
תְּעָלָה
tealah
teh-aw-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tᵉʻâlâh
“a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound)
Rendered in the KJV as
conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- בִּתְעָלַת֙2
- תְּעָלָ֖ה2
- בַּתְּעָלָ֖ה1
- הַתְּעָלָ֖ה1
- הַתְּעָלָ֔ה1
- תְּעָלָ֗ה1
- תְּעָלָ֑ה1
- תְּעָלַת֙1
- תְּעָלֹתֶ֣יהָ1
How it is rendered · 10
- at [the] conduit of2
- [is] healing1
- [the] conduit of1
- [was] in the trench1
- a channel1
- a trench1
- channels its1
- healing1
- the conduit1
- the trench1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine singular4
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 4
- HR/Ncfsc · 2
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 18:32תְּעָלָ֗הtealahnoun · feminine singularAnd with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.here: a trench
- 1 Kings 18:35הַתְּעָלָ֖הhatealahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.here: the trench
- 1 Kings 18:38בַּתְּעָלָ֖הbatealahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThen the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.here: [was] in the trench
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 18:17בִּתְעָלַת֙bitalatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.here: at [the] conduit of
- 2 Kings 20:20הַתְּעָלָ֔הhatealahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?here: the conduit
Job1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:3תְּעָלַת֙tealatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,here: [the] conduit of
- Isaiah 36:2בִּתְעָלַת֙bitalatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.here: at [the] conduit of
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 30:13תְּעָלָ֖הtealahnoun · feminine singularThere is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.here: healing
- Jeremiah 46:11תְּעָלָ֖הtealahnoun · feminine singularGo up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.here: [is] healing