Word Study · Strong's H8525 · Hebrew
תֶּלֶם
telem
teh'-lem
“a bank or terrace”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a bank or terrace
Rendered in the KJV as
furrow, ridge.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- תַּלְמֵ֥י2
- בְּתֶ֣לֶם1
- תְּלָמֶ֣יהָ1
- תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] furrows of2
- furrows its2
- in a furrow1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job2 occurrences
- Job 31:38תְּלָמֶ֥יהָtelameihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularif my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,here: furrows its
- Job 39:10בְּתֶ֣לֶםbetelempreposition + noun · masculine singularCan you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?here: in a furrow
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 10:4תַּלְמֵ֥יtalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.here: [the] furrows of
- Hosea 12:11תַּלְמֵ֥יtalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.here: [the] furrows of