Hebrew verb · H2048
הָתַל
hathalhaw-thal'
to mock; to deceive
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hâthal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2048is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2048
to deride; by implication, to cheat
The King James renders it: deal deceitfully, deceive, mock.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hathal is rendered "to mock; to deceive". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to mock".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Genesis 31:7הֵ֣תֶל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to mock, and to deceive.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to mockStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times… |
| to deceiveStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you have deceived3
- and he mocked1
- as deceives1
- he has deceived1
- it is deceived1
- they deceive1
- to deceive1
- will you deceive1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָתַת | hathath | to plot | Uses1 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֵתַ֣לְתָּ2
- הוּתַ֖ל1
- הֵ֣תֶל1
- הָתֵ֔ל1
- הֵתַ֤לְתָּ1
- וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל1
- יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ1
- כְּהָתֵ֥ל1
- תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhp2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhp3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HVhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhi2mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhi3mp
Genesis
one use
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- הֵ֣תֶלhetelverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has deceived
Exodus
one use
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
- הָתֵ֔לhatelverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deceive
Judges
three uses
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
- הֵתַ֣לְתָּhetaltaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have deceived
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
- הֵתַ֤לְתָּhetaltaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have deceived
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
- הֵתַ֣לְתָּhetaltaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have deceived
1 Kings
one use
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
- וַיְהַתֵּ֧לvayhatelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he mocked
Job
two uses
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
- כְּהָתֵ֥לkehatelpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as deceives
- תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּtehateluverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: will you deceive
Isaiah
one use
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- הוּתַ֖לhutalverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is deceived
Jeremiah
one use
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- יְהָתֵ֔לּוּyehateluverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they deceive
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.