King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2048
Transliteration: hathal
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-thal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deceive, mock
Meaning: to deride, to cheat
Word Summary
hathal: to deceive, mock
Original Word: הָתַלTransliteration: hathal
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-thal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deceive, mock
Meaning: to deride, to cheat
Strong's Concordance
deal deceitfully, deceive, mock A primitive root; to deride; by implication, to cheat -- deal deceitfully, deceive, mock.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2048. hathal
[הָתַל] verb — only
Pi`el deceive, mock, Imperfect בָּהֶם וַיְהַתֵּל 1 Kings 18:27 (secondary formation from תלל Hiph`il, q. v.; compare Thes Ol§ 257 f. near the end Sta§ 145 e; otherwise Köi. 352; see further below תלל).
II. [תָּלַל] verb Hiph`il mock, deceive, trifle with (perhaps akin to Arabic act coquettishly; compare secondary √ [הָתַל]); — mock trifle with, with ב person: Perfect3masculine singular (בִּיׅ הֵ֫תֶל Genesis 31:7 (E), 2 masculine singular הֵתַ֫לְתָּ Judges 16:10, 13, 15; Imperfect3masculine plural יְהָתֵ֫לּוּ Jeremiah 9:4, 2masculine plural תְּהָתֵ֫לּוּ Job 13:9 (on both see Ges§ 53q Baeron the passage); Infinitive construct 13:19 and (absolute) Exodus 8:25 (J).
Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular הוּתַל Isaiah 44:20 a heart (which) is deceived. — See [הָתַל], הֲתֻלִים p. 251.
תלם (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew תֶּלֶם = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic , modern Palestinian BergheimPEF 1894, 195; Ethiopic Aramaic תְּלָמָא; the nearest verbal v is Arabic break edge of, make a breach, gap, but = compare Frä131).