STRONGS NUMBER H2919

H2919. tal

טַל‎ noun masculine^{Judges 6:37} night-mist, dew (Late Hebrew טַל‎ dew; Aramaic , טַלָּא‎ dew; Arabic light rain, dew; Ethiopic dew) — ׳ט‎ absolute 1 Samuel 1:21 12t.; טָ֑ל‎ Judges 6:13 9t.; construct טַל‎ Genesis 27:28 4t.; suffix טַלֶּ֑ךָ‎ Isaiah 26:19, טַלָּם‎ Zechariah 8:12; — night-mist, taking place of our dew (see Che Isaiah 18:4 & Psalm 110:3; Lane¹⁸⁶², Neil^{Pal. Explored 129}); as coming from the sky and bringing fertility, הַשָּׁמַיִם טַל‎ Genesis 27:28 (God gives it, נתן‎), & 27:39 (+ מֵעָ֑ל‎), compare Deuteronomy 33:28 (heavens distil it, ערף‎), Haggai 1:10; Zechariah 8:12 (heavens give it, נתן‎); in Deuteronomy 33:13 read perhaps מֵעָ֑ל‎ for מִטַּל‎ (see "" Genesis 49:25 and Di); clouds distil it (רעף‎) Proverbs 3:20; followed by עַל‎, it descends (ירד‎) upon the camp Numbers 11:9 (JE); it is upon the ground Judges 6:39-40, compare 2 Samuel 1:21 (+ מָטָר‎); upon the fleece Judges 6:37; is wrung out (מוץ‎) of the fleece 6:38; remains through the night (לון‎) Job 29:19, compare הַטּ ׳שִׁכְבַת‎ the lying of dew = the dew lying Exodus 16:13-14, (P; it goes up (עלה‎) in morning); it is in drops טָ֑ל אֶגְלֵי הוֺלִיד מִי‎ Job 38:28; covers the head of one out at night Song of Solomon 5:2; it comes (היה‎) by word of prophet 1 Kings 17:1 (+ מָטָר‎); simile of stealthy approach עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה הַטַּל יִמֹּל כַּאֲשֶׁר‎ 2 Samuel 17:12; simile denoting welcome and Gentle refreshment, of speech, which distils (נזל‎) like it Deuteronomy 32:2 (poem; "" רְבִיבִים שְׂעִירִים,‎); of fraternal unity חֶרְמוֺן כְּטַל‎ Psalm 133:3 (על ירד‎); of king's favour Proverbs 19:12 (על‎); of ׳י‎s kindness Hosea 14:6; טַל כְּעָב‎ Isaiah 18:4 like a mist-cloud, of ׳י‎s quiet watching; of Jacob's influence among nations Micah 5:6 (׳ט י ׳מֵאֵת‎; "" רְבִיבִים‎); טַלֶּ֑ךָ אוֺרֹת טַל‎ Isaiah 26:19 a dew of light is thy dew (see I. אוֺרָה‎, p. 21:b above and Baud^{Stud. Semitic Rel. ii. 264 f.}); as transitory, הֹלֵךְ מַשְׁכִּים כַּטַּל‎ Hosea 6:4 like the dew early departing, so 13:3 (both "" עַנַןבֹּֿקֶר‎); figurative of young warriors of king established by ׳י‎, with flashing weapons, like dewdrops יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ טַל‎ Psalm 110:3.

טַל‎ noun [masculine] dew (see Biblical Hebrew I. טלל‎); — construct שְׁמַיָא טַל‎ Daniel 4:12; 4:20; 4:22; 4:30; 5:31.