King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8525
Transliteration: telem
Phonetic Spelling: (teh'-lem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a furrow
Meaning: a bank, terrace
Word Summary
telem: a furrow
Original Word: תֶּלֶםTransliteration: telem
Phonetic Spelling: (teh'-lem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a furrow
Meaning: a bank, terrace
Strong's Concordance
furrow, ridge From an unused root meaning to accumulate; a bank or terrace -- furrow, ridge.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8525. telem
תֶּ֫לֶם noun masculineJob 31:38 furrow; — absolute ׳ת 39:10 (other conjectures Du PerlesAnal. 53); plural construct שָׂדָ֑י תַּלְמֵי Hosea 10:4; 12:12; suffix תְּלָמֶיהָ Job 31:38; Psalm 65:11. — On ploughing in Palestine see HoggEncy. Bib. AGRICULTURE VogelstLandwirthsch. 25 ff., on depth of furrow (not more than 8-10 centimeters) Idib.36 AnderlindZPV ix. 25, 29; also Benz Archaeology under the word — תִּלָּם see תֵּל above