תָּלָה

vb. hang (NH id.; Assyrian Pi. tullû, hang up; Arabic تَّلَ let down, dangle (a rope, etc.); Aramaic תְּלָא, ܬܠܴܐ hang; perhaps Old Aramaic תלה id., Lzb386; Ethiopic ተለወ in derived sense, be devoted, addicted, to);— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ Gn 40:22 +; 2 ms. וְתָלִ֫יתָ Dt 21:22 consec.; 3 pl. תָּלוּ Est 8:7; 9:14, sf. תלום 2 S 21:12 Kt (Qr v. תלא), etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּתְלֵם Jos 10:26, etc.; Imv. mpl. sf. תְּלֻהוּ Est 7:9; Inf. cstr. לִתְלוֹת Ez 15:3 Est 6:4; Pt. act. תֹּלֶה Jb 26:7; pass. תָּלוּי Dt 31:23 + 2 times, pl. תְּלוּיִם Jos 10:26;—hang: hang up any object: acc. of hands and feet of slain, + עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה 2 S 4:12; תָּלוּי of Absalom בָּאֵלָה in the terebinth 18:10; ת׳ c. acc. rei, + עַל Is 22:24 Ez 15:3 Ct 4:4 ψ 137:2; subj. י׳, ת׳ אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִימָה Jb 26:7. specif. put to death by hanging, c. acc. pers. Gn 40:22; 41:13 (both E), 2 S 21:12 (cf. תלא), Est 9:14; abs. תָּלוּי Dt 21:23 one hanged; acc. pers. + עַל־עֵץ Gn 40:19 (E), Dt 21:22 Jos 8:29; 10:26(×2) (all JE), Est 5:14; 6:4; 7:9, 10; 8:7; 9:13, 25. Pf. 3 pl. שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ La 5:12 princes have been hung up by their hands; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתָּלוּ עַל־עֵץ Est 2:23 they were hanged on a tree; + 3 ms. apoc. וַיִּתָּל 2 S 18:9 (for וַיֻּתַּן v. נתן Hoph.). hang up for display, c. acc. rei: Pf. 3 pl. תִּלּוּ Ez 27:10 (ב loc.), v 11 (עַל־חוֹמוֹתַיִךְ).